Senate Democrats have moved President Donald Trump’s nominees at a slower pace than in any of the four previous presidents’ first terms, The Daily Signal reports.
By July 2, the Senate had forced at least 30 hours of debate on 101 Trump nominees. In the combined first terms of presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George H.W. Bush, cloture was only invoked a total of 32 times.
Fifty-eight percent of Trump’s nominees have been confirmed, while previous presidents have had 72 to 87 percent of theirs confirmed by this point, the report said.
Clinton had the highest number of confirmations at this point in his presidency with 87 percent, George H.W. Bush followed with 82 percent, his son George W. had 72 percent, and Obama 75 percent, the report said.
The cloture rule cannot block a vote from happening, but can delay a vote to create a backlog of nominees, The Daily Signal report noted.
Trump has been slower than the previous three presidents to send nominations to the Senate, however. At this point, Trump has made 874 nominations, while Obama had made 953, George W. Bush had made 1,000, and Clinton had made 975.
George H.W. Bush kept much of President Ronald Reagan’s staff, with fewer nominees than Trump has had, with 775, the report said.
The cloture vote has become a Democratic delaying tactic now that the standard for judicial nominees is 51 votes, The Daily Signal’s report said.
Trump has said he would announce his nominee to the Supreme Court on July 9.
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