Senate GOP Prepares to Hasten Trump Nominees Under New Rules (1)

Senate Democrats will have less power to fight back against President Donald Trump’s nominees as Republicans finalize a change to the chamber’s rules and confirm the first big batch later this week.

The Senate voted 51-44 to adopt a resolution on Monday night allowing them to consider dozens of nominees in a group (S. Res. 377) instead of individually, setting up the path to confirm an initial 48 nominees likely by Thursday. Senators still need to jump through some additional procedural hurdles to get there, offering a look at how the revamped confirmation process will work as Republicans push ...