Urge GOP senators to speed up the confirmation process
Posted on | April 30, 2017 | No Comments
So far US Senate confirmed about 30 nominees of President Trump.
There are 549 government positions of top officials and ambassadors that need to be confirmed by the Senate. Additionally, senate needs to confirm 93 US attorneys and currently there are 110 vacancies of federal judges. So, there are roughly 750 positions that need to be confirmed by the senate. So far, only about 30 were confirmed. At such speed only 480 positions will be filled in 4 years by the end of this term. About 380 positions will be still unfilled. It is time for the Senate to go on a 24 hour schedule, meaning, confirmations need to be done at any time, as there is 30 hour window that is given for debate on each nomination, so if 30 hours end in the middle of the night, they need to be there to vote and move on to the next one, or they need to shorten the debate period for all non -cabinet appointees from 30 hours to 10 hours or at least 24 hours to move the nominations faster.
549 key positions in the administration need Senate confirmation. So …
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