By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Chad Wolf is closer to becoming President Trump’s fifth Homeland Security secretary.
The Senate voted primarily along party lines to move forward on Wolf’s nomination as Homeland Security policy undersecretary.
Today, the Senate is expected to vote on the confirmation.
Once he is confirmed, Trump can appoint Wolf as acting Homeland Security secretary. For Wolf to become the leader of the agency, he must hold a Senate-confirmed role under federal law.
Wolf will replace Kevin McAleenan, who resigned in October.
Still, Republicans and Democrats expressed concern about the lack of an acting director for the nation’s third largest department. Homeland Security hasn’t had a permanent secretary since Kirstjen Nielsen resigned in April.
Wolf was Nielsen’s chief of staff.
