Senators took down one Trump Cabinet pick. But the fight over their authority is just beginning
FILE – President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., closes a door to a private meeting with Vice President-elect JD Vance and Republican Senate Judiciary Committee members, at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Trump’s desire to pack the government with loyalists and…