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Senate GOP Uses 'Nuclear Option' to Fast-Track Trump Nominee Confirmations

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Source: Axios
Senate GOP Uses 'Nuclear Option' to Fast-Track Trump Nominee Confirmations
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Senate Republicans changed chamber rules using the 'nuclear option' to allow unlimited groups of Trump administration nominees to be voted on simultaneously, aiming to clear a backlog of over 140 nominations amid partisan tensions and Democratic criticism of the move as a threat to Senate deliberation.

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