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Leader Thune says Senate could finish confirming about 95% of presidential nominees this week
Summary
Leader Thune told reporters the chamber aims this week to confirm most of the president's nominees, saying completing confirmations would put the Senate "ahead of every senate going back for the last 25 years."
Leader Thune told reporters the Senate is on pace to confirm nearly all of the president's nominees if action continues this week.
"If we can get those, across the finish line this week, and we intend to, that would put us on pace to have 95% of the president's nominees done," he said, adding that such a rate would put the Senate ahead historically.
Thune contrasted the current backlog with the prior administration, saying there were "somewhere on the order" of about 155 nominees left unacted in the previous administration and that the present number would be much smaller if confirmations proceed. He said placing nominees in office is important so "the president has his people in place so that he can do the job the American people elected him to do."
The leader did not specify which nominees would be considered this week or a timetable for individual confirmations. He framed completing confirmations as part of broader Senate priorities for the days ahead.
