The Note: Welcome to Confirmation Week

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here. January 9, 2017 MORE POLITICS > Welcome to Confirmation Week Cabinet Hearing Blitz Hits Capitol Hill It's a busy week on Capitol Hill as the first of Trump's Cabinet picks face confirmation hearings this week, ABC's ARLETTE SAENZ reports. The hearing blitz kicks off on Tuesday with hearings for Trump's Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions and his choice for DHS Secretary John Kelly. Up to six other nominees - including Secretary of State pick Rex Tillerson - are expected to have hearings this week. CONFIRMATION HEARING SCHEDULE, courtesy of ABC's MARYALICE PARKS and ALI ROGIN here: http://abcn.ws/2grV4p6 READ MORE   Analysis - ABC's RICK KLEIN Welcome to confirmation week. Don't look now, but it might actually be a smooth one, at least on the Trump scale. The chaos around Donald Trump largely hasn't visited his choices to join his Cabinet. It's even possible that all of his selections wind up getting confirmed – thanks to Democrats' changes to confirmation thresholds, and a team that's been deliberate in providing cover for each of them. You can also thank Trump's personally run noise machine: Attacking Meryl Streep, just to pick one morning's Twitter battle, makes a fight against Tom Price less compelling. The fact remains, though, that the crush of hearings and stirrings of legislative action this week will go a long way toward determining the success of the Trump agenda. So far, it's a strong start. Democrats Urge GOP to Slow Down Confirmation Process Democrats and the government ethics office are raising concerns about several nominees who haven't completed the standard ethics review process, as at least eight of Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees prepare for confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill this week, ABC's BENJAMIN SIEGEL reports. "The announced hearing schedule for several nominees who have not completed the ethics review process is of great concern to me," Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub said in a letter to top senators released by Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York. "This schedule has created undue pressure on OGE's staff and agency ethics officials to rush through these important reviews." http://abcn.ws/2i44tnm READ MORE   Kellyanne Conway Talks Hearing Prep Appearing on Fox and Friends this morning, ABC's ARLETTE SAENZ notes, Trump senior advisor Kellyanne Conway talked about some of the hearing preparation Trump's Cabinet picks are undergoing. "Anything from the substance of the job they will be doing in their respective agencies and departments," Conway said, adding that Tillerson may have been prepped on his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "They're also asked some questions that I recall on the political media access. In other words, we know that politics on full display on the confirmation hearings. People will try to get their 15 minutes of fame." Obama Says 'Obamacare' Will Survive Beyond His Presidency President Barack Obama says he believes his signature health care law will survive, noting he has told Republicans over his two terms in office to come up with a different solution if the law doesn't work. Asked by ABC's GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS whether he thinks the Affordable Care Act will survive, Obama quickly replied, "I think it will." "It may be called something else. And as I said, I don't mind. If in fact the Republicans make some modifications, some of which I may have been seeking previously, but they wouldn't cooperate because they didn't want to -- make the system work, and relabel it as Trumpcare, I'm fine with that," he said in an exclusive interview on "This Week" Sunday. ABC's NICKI ROSSOLL has more. http://abcn.ws/2jhvCiJ READ MORE   Obama Warns of 'Accelerating' Threat of Hacking By Foreign Governments After the release of the intelligence community's declassified report about Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election, President Obama told ABC's George Stephanopoulos that the Russians "intended to meddle." "I think that what is true is that the Russians intended to meddle and they meddled," President Obama told George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview that will air on "This Week" Sunday. The president warned of the threat to future elections if the United States doesn't address the issue of cybersecurity, ABC's MOLLY NAGLE and NICKI ROSSOLL note. http://abcn.ws/2hZemCC READ MORE   Obama Says He and Trump 'Are Sort of Opposites' President Obama said he thinks it's fair to say that he and President-elect Donald Trump "are sort of opposites in some ways," but he admitted there is one thing they have in common: confidence. "It's probably a prerequisite for the job, or at least you have to have enough craziness to think that you can do the job," President Obama said on "This Week." ABC's NICKI ROSSOLL has more. http://abcn.ws/2i2P0Us READ MORE   FOLLOW ABC NEWS You Might Like This email was sent to bamsdum.xiomi@blogger.com Please do not reply to this email as this address is not monitored. Newsletter Unsubscribe If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter "Political Unit: The Note" at this email address, you may click here to unsubscribe. Add me to the ABC News Do Not Email List This email contains an advertisement from ABCNews, 7 WEST 66th Street, New York, NY 10023. To unsubscribe from all types of future commercial email from ABC News regarding its products and services, click here. © 2017 ABC News Internet Ventures. All rights reserved. ,

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