Quote Originally Posted by bcm119 View Post
Does anyone know the rules of holding senate confirmation hearings for Biden's cabinet picks? Can the Turtle just refuse to confirm anyone?
As all things, the answer is complicated. My understanding is the nomination goes to the relevant Senate Committee. The committee has a hearing and decides on whether to send the nomination to the floor for a full vote. (This is how the GOP bottled up Garland, they did not let the nomination out of committee.) There are 1200+ nominations needed senate confirmation, and there are enough pro-confirmation senators that this should happen. You may get some rogue trumpy senators that control a committee and seek to bottle stuff up.

Once you get the nominee to the floor, the ability to filibuster is gone, and a simple petition by 16 senators can force a vote.

That being said, they can surely slow walk process and make it painful.