The timeline for confirming Biden's Cabinet nominees could accelerate when Democrats take control of the Senate in the coming days. But Republicans, amid the coronavirus pandemic and the Capitol riots, have been slow to schedule confirmation hearings. Biden officials are pressing for the Senate to operate on multiple tracks at once, holding confirmation hearings during Trump's impeachment trial. Biden's transition team made a push this week to get confirmation hearings for national security posts onto Senate committees' schedule. In the coming days, Biden aides say, other officials will be named in key agencies like the Department of Homeland Security, State Department and Justice Department.

Source: CNN January 17, 2021 21:56 UTC