The change will allow certain nominees to be confirmed in groups rather than by individual vote. It follows months of GOP complaints that Democrats were dragging out the confirmation process.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to the media following a Senate policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Senate Republicans have voted to change the chamber's rules in order to speed confirmation of President Trump's nominees.
Senate Republicans have voted to change the rules to make it easier to confirm President Trump's nominees, allowing the chamber to confirm certain nominees in groups rather than by individual vote. The vote Thursday comes after months of Republican lawmakers criticizing their Democratic counterparts for dragging out the confirmation process, one of the few elements of power the minority party has in GOP-unified government., which would allow the chamber to consider non-cabinet level executive branch nominees in batches. The senate is expected to finalize the rules change next week."It's time to take steps to restore Senate precedent and codify in Senate rules what once was understood to be standard practice, and that is the Senate acting expeditiously on presidential nominations to allow a president to get his team into place," Thune said. The change applies to sub-Cabinet, ambassador and executive branch nominees. It does not apply to judicial nominees. Over one thousand positions require Senate confirmation, an often-onerous and lengthy process. According to the Center on Presidential Transition,In the Senate, a single senator can delay a nominee's confirmation."Make no mistake, this move by Republicans was not so much about ending obstruction as they claim—rather it was another act of genuflection to the executive branch," Schumer said Monday. After the vote, Senate Republicans used the rule to advance a package of 48 nominees, which will likely be confirmed next week. This is not the first time the chamber has used the nuclear option. In 2013, Democrats got rid of the 60-vote threshold for most nominations. Republicans followed suit in 2017 to extend the change
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