There are a couple of factors that play off each other, making life hard for Pompeo and President Trump, but they mainly boil down to one: partisanship. Hard to believe Obstructionists May vote against Mike Pompeo for Secretary of State. Senate GOP leaders are expected to bend procedural rules and bring Pompeo's nomination up for a full vote in the Senate, anyway, later this week. Green and Senate records say Pompeo is on the cusp of becoming the first Cabinet nominee to fail a committee vote since 1945. The secretary of state Trump fired for Pompeo, Rex Tillerson, had no government experience.

Source: Washington Post April 23, 2018 17:22 UTC