Joe Biden is expected to select Connecticut education commissioner Miguel Cardona for secretary of education.
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Prior to taking office on January 20, 2021, President-elect Joe Biden (D) and his team must prepare for the transition between presidential administrations, including selecting senior White House staff and appointees to top government positions.
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* ___The Washington Post _reported ([link removed]) that Biden was expected to nominate Miguel Cardona, the commissioner of education in Connecticut, for secretary of education. Cardona accepted ([link removed]) Biden’s offer, according to Axios on Tuesday morning. Former Howard University Dean Leslie Fenwick was also a finalist for the position.
* To manage the narrow Democratic majority ([link removed]) in the U.S. House, Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said on Friday that Biden would likely appoint Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.) to his administration as a senior advisor before nominating other sitting members of Congress for Cabinet positions. This appointment, which does not require Senate confirmation, would trigger a March special election in Louisiana. Clyburn said Biden would delay the nominations of Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) for interior secretary and Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) for housing and urban development secretary until after this special election.
* The Food & Water Watch, which _The New York Times _described as a consumer and environmental watchdog group, and the Environmental Working Group (EWG) oppose ([link removed]) Tom Vilsack's ([link removed]) nomination for secretary of agriculture. “I think he’ll fold under pressure from the ag lobby, the subsidy lobby and big agriculture,” said EWG President Ken Cook. The National Farmers Union and Feeding America have both backed Vilsack’s nomination.
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