Three of President Donald Trump’s cabinet picks prepared to face skepticism and intense grilling from Democratic senators Thursday.

The Senate has confirmed five members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet since he assumed office on Jan. 20, with five more ready for floor action in the coming days. The pace is faster than in 2017, the first time Trump had Republican control of Washington. By this point in his first term, only two were confirmed.

More of President Donald Trump's picks for his cabinet are expected to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate in the coming days after the Republican-controlled chamber began approving them last week. Hearings for other nominees are scheduled for this week as well,

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to appear before the Senate’s finance committee, in the first of two days of hearings before senators vote on whether to confirm him as President Trump’s health secretary.

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Historically, nominees for cabinet posts have been career politicians, bureaucrats, or academics with relevant experience or expertise. An example is former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a onetime construction worker and union boss who was nominated,