The Republican-controlled Senate plans to work overtime to approve President Donald Trump’s cabinet, including “nights, weekends, recesses,” according to Senate Majority Leader John Thune. Senate Democrats plan to slow down the process as much as possible – their only choice to disrupt the proceedings because it takes only a majority vote to approve nominees.

Senate Republicans are moving "full steam ahead" on confirming President Donald Trump's Cabinet picks and are focused on speeding up the process. The GOP aims to hold votes this week on Pete Hegseth for defense secretary and Kristi Noem for homeland security chief.

Donald Trump's administration will be filled out in the first weeks of his presidency as the Senate weighs whether to approve or deny his Cabinet picks. Here's the status of each Cabinet nominee's con