Mitch says he is resume filling seats in May.
Any word on when the GOP Senate Majority Leader is going to schedule a vote to confirm the outstanding DNI pick of a GOP POTUS?
John Ratcliffe was presented to the Senate for DNI formally on March 2nd. His nomination is not yet on the Senate Floor.
According to Politico
It will be weeks before Ratcliffe’s confirmation process moves forward in the Senate, though there are no signs yet that any Republicans plan to oppose him as they did when Trump first tapped him for the job in July. Senators haven’t warmed to Ratcliffe, exactly — the White House’s strategy of placing Richard Grenell, the fiercely loyal ambassador to Germany who is seen as a nonstarter on Capitol Hill, in the acting director role seems to have forced their hand.
(CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday withheld his judgment on President Donald Trump’s pick of Rep. John Ratcliffe to be the director of national intelligence, saying he would wait to see how the Texas Republican performs during his confirmation proceedings before the Senate Intelligence Committee.
But comments on Monday from other key Republican senators — most notably Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr of North Carolina — signaled Ratcliffe’s nomination was in a stronger position with Republicans then when his nomination was pulled last year, which will be crucial to his confirmation chances amid staunch Democratic opposition.
Asked if he supports Ratcliffe, McConnell told CNN, “I’m waiting to see how the committee process goes. I’m certainly not opposed to him but I want to see how he does before the committee and get a report from Burr and the rest of them.”
Burr told CNN on Monday that he supported Ratcliffe’s nomination, after issuing a statement on Friday saying he looked forward “to receiving Congressman Ratcliffe’s official nomination and ushering it through the Senate’s regular order.”
“I’m supportive of John Ratcliffe. That’s what the statement said. Period,” Burr said.