Senate Sends McAleenan Nomination Back to White House
The Senate sent Kevin McAleenan's nomination for CBP commissioner back to the White House under rules for nominations the chamber doesn't act on before the end of an annual session. The White House must resubmit McAleenan's nomination for the Senate…
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to consider it during 2018. The Senate Finance Committee approved McAleenan's nomination in December (see 1712070058), but will need to sign off again on the nomination after it is resubmitted. "We expect he will be renominated," a Senate Finance Committee spokeswoman said. Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, plans to work with ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., "and members of the Committee to move Mr. McAleenan forward as efficiently as possible," she said. The Senate also sent back the nominations of Ann Marie Buerkle to be chairman and Dana Baiocco to be a commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.