One of the largest groups of President Trump’s nominees was just confirmed in the U.S. Senate. The group includes 48 individuals who would hold significant jobs in the military, national security and overseas. The move was possible only because Republicans changed the rules of the Senate to get more nominees through, more quickly. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports.

What Senate Republicans did is they changed the rules so that they could pass nominees in large groups. Until now, they needed the approval of everyone in the chamber to be able to do that.

Now, that may not sound like a big deal, but it is a very big deal when you have 1,300 filled — positions that need to be filled by the Trump administration. And Senate Democrats have done something unique this time around. They have slow-rolled every single one of those nominations. So it has really bogged down the Senate.

President Trump has made threats about other ways he would try to get his nominations through. Senator Thune, the lead Republican, didn’t want to go that way. So they decided to change the rules here, which also has its partisan risks with it.

    • Cosmoooooooo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 days ago

      They tell far fewer lies, take far fewer bribes, push far less crazy religious nonsense, and break the law far fewer times.

      Always is just wrong. They held the house and senate for decades.

      Try using less nazi-ish quotes.