Senate may move to speed up judicial confirmations
Senate Republicans, frustrated with delay tactics by Democrats, may soon vote unilaterally to change the chamber rules in order to speed through President Trump’s judicial nominations.
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Well, what’s holding them up? Talk is indeed cheap.
“While the final contours of the current rules change effort are still being decided, it may mirror a proposal that cleared the Senate Rules Committee last April. That proposed change shrinks the post-filibuster debate time for most executive branch nominees from 30 hours to eight hours and does the same for district court picks from 30 hours to two hours. It does not change the 30 hours of debate time for more significant nominations to the Supreme Court, circuit courts and Cabinet posts. The change would not affect legislation.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/22/politics/mitch-mcconnell-nuclear-option-judges/index.html
Democrats employed similar debate limits when they were last in the majority, ending in 2015, as they pushed through Obama administration nominations. But that rules change — which had bipartisan support — lapsed when that session of Congress ended, which is why Republicans would need to push through the change now.”