US EditionSenate Republicans Propose Rule Changes to Expedite Trump's Nominee Confirmations
Senate Republicans argue Democratic delays have blocked 90% of President Trump's nominees, pushing for rule changes to restore timely confirmation procedures.
- Senate Republicans led by Majority Whip John Barrasso published a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Tuesday urging rule changes to speed confirmations of President Trump's nominees.
- The push follows extensive delays attributed to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's use of procedural roadblocks and multiple roll-call votes that are unprecedented in modern times.
- Barrasso highlighted that prior presidents saw over half their nominees confirmed swiftly by voice vote or unanimous consent, a tradition Democrats broke by treating many Trump nominees as controversial.
- Barrasso described the blockade as "staggering," noting that in the past, straightforward nominees were confirmed by the Senate without delay, and emphasized that recess appointments serve only as a short-term solution.
- The proposed reforms aim to end delay tactics as Republicans control the Senate 53-47 and have the simple majority needed to alter rules and expedite confirmations.
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GOP whip: Time to change Senate confirmation rules
Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) on Wednesday set the stage for Senate Republicans to begin moving forward next month on proposals to change the rules for processing more than 140 of President Trump’s stalled nominees, many of them noncontroversial picks to lower-level executive branch positions. Barrasso, in an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal, noted Trump has more than 1,000 senior-level appointments that require Senate co…
Senate GOP Weighs Rule Change to Sidestep Dems’ Stalling on Trump Nominees
Facing unprecedented delays from Democrats on confirming President Donald Trump’s executive and judicial nominees, Senate Republican leaders want to change the rules to expedite the process. “President Trump has more than 1,000 senior-level appointments that require Senate confirmation. Under a radical Democratic resistance strategy, the Senate has so far confirmed only 135,” wrote Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., in a Wall Street Jou…
Barrasso vows Senate rule changes to break ‘egregious’ nominee delays
Senate Republican leadership has offered its latest warning that chamber rule changes are on the horizon to combat what they say is unprecedented Democratic resistance to President Donald Trump’s nominees. Citing the desire to “end the most egregious delay tactics”…
Barrasso vows Senate rule changes to break ‘egregious' nominee delays
Senate Republican leadership has offered its latest warning that chamber rule changes are on the horizon to combat what they say is unprecedented Democratic resistance to President Donald Trump’s nominees. Citing the desire to “end the most egregious delay tactics” from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) made the case that Republicans have an electoral mandate to confirm Trump’s nominees in a timely f…
Key GOP Sen Endorses Rules Changes To Break Dems' Confirmation Blockade
The campaign to expedite the confirmation process for President Donald Trump’s nominees by changing Senate rules gained momentum Tuesday after Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso endorsed the move. Barrasso, the second-ranking Senate Republican, in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, called for reforming the upper chamber’s rules to break Senate Democrats’ unprecedented logjam holding […]
Barrasso says rule changes will happen if Senate Dems slow-walk Trump nominees - Conservative Journal Review
It has become glaringly apparent that the latest Democrat tactic to thwart President Donald Trump's agenda is to slow-walk his nominees and fight their confirmation at every step. Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) warned in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Tuesday that Republicans will have to change the Senate rules to prevent this obstruction if Democrats don't end it themselves, and soon. “Confirming even the most routine nominees is now a bit…
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