The Senate took the procedural step of approving committee assignments for the next two years, a move that also allows committee hearings to begin next week on President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees, The Hill reported Tuesday.

Approval of the organizing resolution took two days longer than expected, according to the report.

With Jan. 14 being the earliest that hearings can take place, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Pete Hegseth, Brooke Rollins, and former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin are among those scheduled to appear next week, according to the report.

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