Thune Moves Forward With ‘Nuclear Option’ to Confirm Trump’s Nominees: What to Know

WASHINGTON—Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Monday announced that Republicans will take the “nuclear option” in the Senate to allow for faster confirmation of nominees by the president. “Democrats have made President Donald Trump the first president on record to not have a single nominee confirmed via voice vote or unanimous consent, and they are forcing time-consuming votes on noncontroversial nominees who go on to be confirmed by large bipartisan margins,” Thune wrote in an op-ed published in Breitbart on Sept. 8. To get around Democrats’ moves to block Trump’s nominees, Thune has moved to change the rules in the Senate....