A source with knowledge of the proceedings told ABC News that newly confirmed CIA Director John Ratcliffe, former NSA adviser Robert O'Brien and former Sen. Richard Burr, a former Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, have been making calls to senators on Gabbard's behalf. Gabbard has also talked to senators since her hearing, a source said.

WASHINGTON—The Senate Intelligence Committee narrowly advanced Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination to oversee the nation’s intelligence agencies, another step in President Trump’s effort to stock his second administration with loyal but sometimes unconventional cabinet appointments.