Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday that Democrats should “grow up and get past” the election result.

“We confirmed seven Cabinet appointments the day President Obama was sworn in,” he said, noting Republicans were in a comparable position in 2009. “We didn’t like most of them, either. But he won the election,” McConnell said. “So all of these little procedural complaints are related to their frustration at having not only lost the White House, but having lost the Senate.”

YOUR GUIDE TO THE CONFIRMATION HEARINGS



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Prepare yourself — things are about to get confusing on Capitol Hill. Here’s which committee is considering which nominee:

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Tillerson hearing expected to continue

Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Wilbur Ross , commerce secretary

Senate Banking, House and Urban Affairs, Ben Carson , housing and urban development secretary

Tentatively Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Andrew Puzder , labor secretary

The packed schedule prompted this critical tweetstorm from Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz (D):

For an up-to-date guide to details of the confirmation hearings, bookmark this page.

ON THE CALENDAR: TRUMP NEWS CONFERENCE, BUDGET VOTE-A-RAMA



It’s been six months since Trump held a news conference, and now, he’s finally expected to submit to open questioning from the press on Wednesday. As our colleague Dan Balz wrote this weekend, the timing means Trump will receive pointed questions about Russian interference in the election — a topic Trump’s team is trying strenuously to avoid.