It's time for Trump to put Elaine Chao's job on the chopping block.
I don't know why he is keeping her around if it's not providing any leverage with Mitch McConnell to get the Senate moving on his agenda.
Trump should have made Chao's nomination contingent on getting the rest of his nominees confirmed; instead it seems that her confirmation was fast-tracked.
Now it's time to play that card. McConnell gets on board or Chao is dismissed and replaced.
-PJ
The delay in getting Trump's nominees confirmed is all in their vetting process -- which comes down on Trump's administration, not Congress.
There was a story posted a couple of days ago indicating that there are only FIVE executive branch nominees awaiting confirmation votes in their respective Senate committees. It was a relevant news item this week because the U.S. currently does not have an ambassador to Great Britain, for example -- even though Trump announced two months ago that he had selected Robert Wood Johnson IV for that post.
Keep in mind that a person isn't officially nominated when the President announces his selection. The person first has to go through a vetting process and background check, then gets formally nominated and sent to the Senate for confirmation.