Democrats show no immediate signs they are contemplating retaliation
The Senate’s Geiger counters hardly registered Wednesday afternoon after the most recent deployments of the “nuclear option” to speed up confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nominees, although the long-term effects on the institution may very well be significant.
The first nominee considered, Jeffrey Kessler to be an assistant secretary of Commerce, was ultimately confirmed by voice vote after the two hours of post-cloture debate allowed under the new process was declared expired.
And there was no real effort by the Democratic minority at dilatory motions: They didn’t demand meaningless quorum calls or other procedural votes.
View the complete April 4 article by Niels Lesniewski on The Roll Call website here.