Kash Patel is now well on his way to being confirmed as FBI director, despite unanimous opposition Thursday from California’s two U.S. senators and their Democratic colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Despite Democrats' calls for another hearing, President Trump's nominee for FBI director will now soon be up for a vote before the entire Senate.

President Donald Trump's pick to head the FBI, Kash Patel, won the approval of the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, clearing the way for a vote to confirm a director who has called for a radical reshaping of the nation's top law enforcement agency.