Summary
The Senate confirmed 48 nominees of President Donald Trump in one session. This was possible because the Senate Republicans changed the rules to simplify the confirmation process for certain positions.
Key Facts
- The Senate confirmed 48 nominees of President Trump at once.
- Senate Republicans changed the rules to speed up confirmation of nominees.
- The new rules apply to lower-level, non-judicial nominations.
- Democrats had previously used tactics to delay these confirmations.
- The rule change allows confirmations with a simple majority vote.
- Judicial and high-level Cabinet nominations are not affected by this change.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the process was previously broken.
