"Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) said he would place a 'blanket hold' on all of President Trump’s State Department nominees until his administration’s attack on the leading foreign-assistance agency ends, a move that threatens to stall Trump’s ability to get his foreign-policy team in place," the Wall Street Journal reports.

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Democratic senator to block Trump nominees over US aid agency shutdown

U.S. Senator Brian Schatz said on Monday he would block Senate votes on President Donald Trump's nominees for diplomatic positions in protest over moves to close the U.S. Agency for International Development and fold it into the State Department.

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Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, announced Monday he will place a blanket hold on all of President Trump’s nominees to the State Department until the president backs off his effort to shut down USAID, the nation’s chief foreign assistance agency. “Until and unless this brazenly authoritarian action is…

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WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz said on Monday he would block Senate votes on President Donald Trump's nominees for diplomatic positions in protest over moves to close the U.S. Agency for International Development and fold it into the State Department.

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U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said Monday he would block a Senate vote on President Donald Trump's foreign policy nominees to protest the White House's move to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and fold it into the State Department.

美國聯邦參議員、民主黨人布萊恩‧沙茨（Brian Schatz，夏威夷州）週一（2月3日）表示，他將阻止參議院對唐納德‧川普（特朗普）總統提名的外交職位人選投票，以抗議白宮關閉美國國際開發署（the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID）並將其併入國務院的舉動。

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Trump shuts down aid agencies, his nominees may be blocked from voting

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said Monday that he will place a hold on President Donald Trump’s State Department nominees following a recent flurry of activity in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Schatz, who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he’d put a “blanket hold” on the State Department picks in protest of recent talk about potentially dismantling USAID.
Under the Senate’s rules, one senator can hold u…

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Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) is taking a page out of Sen. Tommy Tuberville's (R-AL) playbook Monday by promising to block all diplomatic posts until funding and staff for the United States Agency for International Development are restored. At the weekend, Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency ...

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WASHINGTON >> U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii said today he would block Senate votes on President Donald Trump’s diplomatic nominees in protest of plans to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development and merge it into the State Department.

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Democratic Senator Brian Schatz said that the relevant decision is a response to the possible dissolution of USAID.

Сенатор-демократ Брайан Шатц заявил, что соответствующее решение является реакцией на возможное расформирование USAID.

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The Senate blocked Trump's candidates for the State Department because of USAID

NBC News' Sahil Kapur reports on Democrats' latest effort, led by Sen. Brian Schatz, to push back on the Trump administration's political moves.

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Senator Brian Schatz says he will put 'blanket hold' on all Trump nominees until USAID is back

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