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[El Gato]

Congress needs to confirm the good men and women who have been nominated to important government positions. There are now more than 350 nominations pending before the Senate. These include highly qualified people I have nominated to fill vacancies on the Federal bench. And they include talented nominees who are needed to help guide our economy during a time of uncertainty. For example, three nominees to the Federal Reserve have been waiting for confirmation for more than a year. And because of Senate inaction, the Council of Economic Advisers is now down to a single member. This confirmation backlog makes it harder for government to meet its responsibilities - and the United States Senate needs to give every nominee an up-or-down vote as soon as possible

This has gotten to a game that both sides play, but the DemonRats far more effectively than the Rimps.

Perhaps it is time for a Constitutional amendment to the "advice and consent" section of the Constitution, to provide that should Congress fail to give it it's advice or formally deny it's consent after a fixed time, 30 days should be sufficient, that the President's appointments shall take effect as if Congress had consented. (Thus implementing the common notion that "Silence is Consent".)

[El Gato]

Of course the problem with the notion of such a Constitutional Amendment, is that barring a highly dangerous Constitutional Convention, such an amendment would have to get by the Senate. The Senate is not likely to give up it’s power to block nominations simply by not acting. That’s true regardless of which party happens to hold the Senate at the time. Being short sighted politicians, they never think seriously about the time when they will be in the minority, with a President of their party.