We say no Senate recess until all Trump appointees are confirmed. We’re pleased to see that Senate Majority Leader John Thune is paying attention:
Thune said:
“We’ve seen an unprecedented level of obstruction and delay and blocking from Democrats… As of this date back in 2021, Joe Biden had gotten 46 nominees confirmed either by voice vote or unanimous consent. Donald Trump has zero. Zero. Not a single one confirmed by voice or unanimous consent.
“And further, the Democrats are making it hard, even on bipartisan nominees that sometimes will get 60 votes-plus on the floor, one even up to 83 votes on the floor. So even the bipartisan noms are being blocked and delayed, so much so that the Democrats have been forcing me, when I file cloture, just to get a nominee considered on the floor, to go in and out of executive and legislative session…
“But this simply is – again, I’ve said it before, but it is – it’s Trump Derangement Syndrome on steroids with the Senate Democrats… So that’s got to change, and if it doesn’t, we’re going to be here a while.”
Sounds great. We hope the Senate sticks around until they break through the Democrats’ obstructionism or they simply grind out the process using only Republican votes, even if that means losing their summer vacation.