Senate Republicans are mulling various strategies to circumvent Democrats’ unprecedented roadblocks slowing the confirmation process of President Donald Trump’s nominees.
Trump has urged Senate GOP leadership to make significant progress clearing the backlog of roughly 150 nominees awaiting floor consideration or forgo the traditional August recess to continue plowing through confirmation votes. Many Senate Republicans suggested Tuesday that the conference may pursue changes to Senate rules to allow the upper chamber to quickly confirm Trump’s picks rather than let Democrats’ roadblocks continue to delay the confirmation process.
“Everything is under consideration,” Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “This has been an unprecedented, historic blockade by the Democrats. Presidents deserve to get their team in place as does President Trump.”
“If the Democrats don’t change their behavior, we’re going to need to change the way things are done,” Barrasso added.
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