Paperwork delays have forced some Trump confirmation hearings to be postponed, with Republicans blaming bureacracy.

The U.S. Senate has begun the process to confirm President-elect Donald Trump's picks for top spots in his upcoming ...

The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee's review of VA Secretary nominee Doug Collins and the Senate Energy Committee's assessment of Secretary of the Interior nominee Doug Burgum have been postponed ...

President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks will undergo Senate confirmation hearings this week, starting on January 14.

Doug Burgum, right, and Republican state Agriculture ... Jerry Moran (R-KS) also postponed a confirmation hearing for former Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), who was nominated to be Secretary of Veterans ...

Energy committee chairman Sen. Mike Lee postponed Burgum's hearing, saying his paperwork was unnecessarily delayed.

Collins is a former U.S. senator for Georgia ... Director of Office of Management and BudgetThursday10 a.m.: Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior (rescheduled from 1/14) 10 a.m.: Lee Zeldin ...

Mike Lee said the extra 48 hours was meant to provide the Office of Government Ethics more time to complete its work but stressed the agency should work with “urgency.” ...