/tags/confirmation confirmation en-US Copyright Tue, 25 Apr 2017 08:16:00 GMT /breaking-news/2017-04-25/senate-confirms-ex-georgia-gov-sonny-perdue-as-agriculture-secretary Sonny Perdue grew up on a farm in central Georgia and has owned several agriculture companies. He is not associated with the food company Perdue or the poultry producer Perdue Farms. Tue, 25 Apr 2017 08:16:00 GMT /breaking-news/2017-04-25/senate-confirms-ex-georgia-gov-sonny-perdue-as-agriculture-secretary Doreen McCallister /news-partners/2017-02-06/senate-democrats-rally-overnight-against-trumps-education-pick-ahead-of-vote Right now, Betsy DeVos just barely has enough votes to be confirmed after two Senate Republicans announced last week they won't support her nomination. Mon, 06 Feb 2017 20:34:00 GMT /news-partners/2017-02-06/senate-democrats-rally-overnight-against-trumps-education-pick-ahead-of-vote Jessica Taylor /news-partners/2017-01-31/trump-made-his-supreme-court-pick-now-what-5-steps-to-confirmation President Trump has nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the vacant ninth seat on Tuesday. There are a series of actions required to make the replacement official; it is expected to take months. Tue, 31 Jan 2017 15:36:00 GMT /news-partners/2017-01-31/trump-made-his-supreme-court-pick-now-what-5-steps-to-confirmation Ailsa Chang