Connor O'Brien

By my count 16 Ds (including Angus King) voted to confirm Caine: Cortez Masto Durbin Fetterman Giillibrand Hassan Heinrich Hickenlooper Kaine Kelly Kim King Reed Rosen Schiff Slotkin Warner

Connor O'Brien @connorobrienNH

BREAKING: Senate confirms Trump’s pick to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Dan “Razin” Caine, in a 60-25 vote. Caine succeeds Gen. CQ Brown, who was fired by Trump seven weeks ago.

BREAKING: Senate confirms Trump’s pick to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Dan “Razin” Caine, in a 60-25 vote. Caine succeeds Gen. CQ Brown, who was fired by Trump seven weeks ago.

First hurdle cleared for Dan Caine to become Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This first vote was needed to return him to active duty before the Senate votes on his promotion to four-star general.

Senate Periodicals @SenatePPG

Confirmed, 59-26: Confirmation of Executive Calendar #75 Lt. Gen. John D. Caine (Retired) to be Major General in the Air Force.

RT @CraigCaplan: Yes, it's 1am ET and the U.S. Senate is back in session to hold four votes to confirm Lt. General Dan Caine (Ret.) to serv…

Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, Trump's pick to be the military's top officer, will get confirmed overnight after Senate Democrats blocked a vote this afternoon in protest of the firing of his predecessor as Joint Chiefs Chair, Gen. C.Q. Brown. w/@reporterjoe https://t.co/ZYUdRfH90n

RT @reporterjoe: NEW: Democrats are forcing the Senate to work through the night to confirm President Trump’s choice to be Joint Chiefs cha…

RT @AndrewDesiderio: Leadership was trying to cobble together a last-minute time agreement to speed up votes on Caine’s nomination for chai…

The Caine Mutiny (2025)

Burgess Everett @burgessev

If the Senate is in tomorrow it might be at like 1 a.m. to do the Caine nomination so everyone can leave by 6 a.m. or so.

Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker made a unanimous consent request to move up procedural votes on Dan Caine’s nomination to be Joint Chiefs Chairman on the floor just now. Schumer objected.

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Al Weaver @alweaver22

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Of note here, Caine got a lot of bipartisan support to be Joint Chiefs Chairman despite coming out of retirement and CQ Brown’s firing. Some signs he would get Democratic support at his hearing last week, where Dems praised his experience in active-duty, Guard, private sector.

Joe Gould @reporterjoe

"Caine sailed through [SASC] on a 23 to 4 vote–an overwhelming, nearly unanimous, bipartisan endorsement. We must stay as long as it takes to get the president’s chief military official on the job–because that is what the American people deserve and what the moment demands.” 2/2