Come On, Democrats. Clean Up the Nomination Quagmire Now.
Remember when the Senate supposedly ended the filibuster for confirmation of White House picks for key government posts? It was intended to speed up the process. It didn’t.
Urgent treatment needed.
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The broken executive-branch nomination and confirmation process is going from bad to worse. The Senate managed to confirm 12 nominations plus a few judges last week, one of its most productive weeks all year. But that was the exception that proves the rule, given that 12 confirmations a week wouldn’t even fill the 805 positions that the Partnership for Public Service considers most important. It’s time for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Democrats to do something about it.