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Ratcliffe is among the nominees that could easily get a floor vote in the early days of the Trump administration, potentially on Inauguration Day.

Ratcliffe leap-frogs Gabbard at Intel as senators clash over Burgum hearing

News: President-elect Donald Trump will meet separately with the new Senate Republican leadership team this evening before his scheduled meeting with all GOP senators.

Trump is expected to come to the Capitol for a 5:30 p.m. meeting with Senate Republican leaders, followed by a 6 p.m. gathering with the entire conference.

As we previewed in the AM edition, this all comes as Republican senators are looking to Trump to end the ongoing dispute over one versus two reconciliation bills so they can get started on passing his legislative agenda.

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