Senate confirms 48 of Trump’s nominees at once after changing the chamber’s ruleshttps://apnews.com/article/senate-nominations-trump-rules-change-confirmation-a84e49fb5f6e433bf6fc9e92d2bd968bWASHINGTON (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.
My emphasis. The Dems were trying to hobble Executive branch departments and agencies and thereby hinder anything Trump was doing. It's September. IMO, this should have been done several months earlier, once the strategy was understood.
