Senate Confirms Over 100 Trump Nominees During Schumer Shutdown
The U.S. Senate voted 51-47 to confirm more than 100 of President Donald Trump’s nominees on Tuesday, the seventh day of the government shutdown.
Among Trump’s batch of 107 nominees were “more than two dozen ambassadorial nominees,” as well as more than a dozen U.S. attorneys, according to the Hill.
Sergio Gor – who Trump nominated to serve as US ambassador to India and special envoy for South and Central Asian affairs – and former Georgia US Senate candidate Herschel Walker – who Trump nominated to serve as US ambassador to the Bahamas – were among the candidates.
The confirmation of hundreds of the president’s nominees comes after the U.S. Senate in September confirmed 48 of Trump’s nominees.
In a statement, Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) expressed that before the government shutdown, Senate Democrats “shut down the Senate floor,” which froze “the confirmation process.”
Barrasso highlighted how Senate Republicans confirmed 107 of Trump’s nominees, ending the “Democrats’ confirmation logjam.”
Speak HillSenate Republicans made a “rules change,” under which the “majority party” is allowed to “adopt nominees en bloc,” rather than on an individual basis.
“Confirmed: 107 Trump Nominees as a Block – In One Vote,” said Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) wrote In an article on X. “Senate Business Continues, Even on Seventh Day of Schumer Shutdown.”
