The Senate is set to take a vote Thursday on 97 nominees, mostly for the executive branch, in one swoop.
It comes as President Donald Trump has expressed increasing frustration with his nominees’ difficulties getting confirmed in the Senate.
In August 2025, Trump accused Senate Democrats of delaying the confirmations of “talented people,” saying, “If George Washington or Abraham Lincoln were up for approval, the Dems would delay as long as possible, then vote them out.”
On Thursday, the Senate will consider its third tranche of nominees after recently changing the rules to allow non-Cabinet-level nominees to be confirmed en bloc. The rules change was due to what Republicans said was Democrat obstruction of nominees that passed out of committee without controversy….