US Senate Republicans invoked the nuclear option on Thursday to speed up the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nominees. The 53-45 vote came after nearly five hours of bipartisan talks. Senate Democrats slow-walked President Trump’s nominees for over six months now despite being the minority party in the Senate chamber. John Thune released a chart in early September that shows civilian nominees confirmed by unanimous consent collapsing from 817 under H.W. Bush to 1,100 under Clinton, then steadily declining, down to 0 in Trump’s second term. Democrats are doing all they can to thwart the will of the people. Senate Republicans are now on track to confirm four dozen Trump nominees in the next week. Grace Chong added this, “The nuclear option allows Senate Majority…
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