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Clayton confirmation hearing postponed as Trump tries to push Senate on voter ID bill
A key Republican senator, Tom Cotton, had vowed to push forward with a hearing anyway, but Trump eventually directed Clayton to not appear for his confirmation proceedings, forcing Cotton, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, to announce that the hearing was postponed.
What happened
According to PBS News’s source item, Clayton confirmation hearing postponed as Trump tries to push Senate on voter ID bill, A key Republican senator, Tom Cotton, had vowed to push forward with a hearing anyway, but Trump eventually directed Clayton to not appear for his confirmation proceedings, forcing Cotton, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, to announce that the hearing was postponed.
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Primary source: Clayton confirmation hearing postponed as Trump tries to push Senate on voter ID bill via PBS News. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.
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- Clayton confirmation hearing postponed as Trump tries to push Senate on voter ID billPBS News - 2026-06-17T15:05:47+00:00
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