WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees at once, voting for the first time under new rules to begin clearing a backlog of executive branch positions that had been delayed by Democrats.
Frustrated by the stalling tactics, Senate Republicans moved last week to make it easier to confirm large groups of lower-level, non-judicial nominations. Democrats had forced multiple votes on almost every one of Trump’s picks, infuriating the president and tying up the Senate floor.
The new rules allow Senate Republicans to move multiple nominees with a simple majority vote — a process that would have previously been blocked with just one objection. The rules don’t apply to judicial nominations or high-level Cabinet posts.
“Republicans have fixed a broken process,” Thune said ahead of the vote.
The Senate voted 51-47 to confirm the four dozen nominees. Thune said that those confirmed on Thursday had all received bipartisan votes in committee, including deputy secretaries for the Departments of Defense, Interior, Energy and others.
Among the confirmed are Jonathan Morrison, the new administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and Kimberly Guilfoyle as U.S. ambassador to Greece. Guilfoyle is a former California prosecutor and television news personality who led the fundraising for Trump’s 2020 campaign and was once engaged to Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr.
Oh no they for Dec multiple votes, whatever will we do?
Fuck off. That’s their performative bullshit so people like you keep thinking billionaires are two groups instead of just one with different colors.
If it’s just performative BS, then why didn’t they pass when it was 60 votes required?
It’s also possible to acknowledge some Dems are bought by the ONE billionaire class and some Dems are actively trying to push back.
I know you haven’t been told to think that, but maybe you’ll eventually find someone with critical thinking skills that tells you how to think.
This is such a weird, arrogant thing to think. It’s funny how you think this and you also believe the mainstream narrative.
Sure, buddy, nobody has ever told you “the Democrats are actively trying to push back”…
Please tell me more about how Democrats have stopped the descent into facism.
Oh wait… Lmao. Keep sucking billiiinare dick, I’m sure they’ll throw some crumbs your way when the right billionaires* are un power.