Majority Leader | Research | The Leader Board | THE NEWSR...Skip to primary navigation Skip to content×Close THE NEWSROOMRemarks Press Releases The Leader Board Op-Eds Videos SENATE RESOURCESRepublican Senators Committees Congressional Record Congress.gov Senate Floor Webcast ABOUT LEADER THUNE×Close THE NEWSROOMRemarks Press Releases The Leader Board Op-Eds Videos SENATE RESOURCESRepublican Senators Committees Congressional Record Congress.gov Senate Floor Webcast ABOUT LEADER THUNExxsearchxMENUFacebookXInstagramFacebookXInstagramVisit Leader Thune's South Dakota Site Here THE NEWSROOMRemarks Press Releases The Leader Board Op-Eds Videos SENATE RESOURCESRepublican Senators Committees Congressional Record Congress.gov Senate Floor Webcast ABOUT LEADER THUNExxsearchxMENUHomeTHE NEWSROOMThe Leader Board09.03.25Seven Charts That Explain Why Senate Republicans Are Exploring a Rules Change for NominationsSenate Republicans Have Overcome Historic Obstruction to Confirm President Trump’s Team, But the Status Quo Is Not Sustainable Click here to download these charts. PRESIDENTS REGULARLY HAVE HUNDREDS OF NOMINEES CONFIRMED VIA VOICE VOTE OR UNANIMOUS CONSENTBUT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THE ONLY PRESIDENT ON RECORD TO NOT HAVE A SINGLE CIVILIAN NOMINEE CONFIRMED VIA VOICE VOTE OR UNANIMOUS CONSENTTO OVERCOME THIS UNPRECEDENTED OBSTRUCTION, SENATE REPUBLICANS HAVE HELD MORE VOTES THAN ANY SENATE IN THE LAST 35-PLUS YEARS…AND VOTED MORE IN EIGHT MONTHS THAN MOST SENATES HAVE IN 12…ALL TO BE SLIGHTLY BEHIND THE PACE OF HISTORICAL NORMSIF DEMOCRATS DON’T ABANDON THEIR HISTORIC OBSTRUCTION AND REPUBLICANS DON’T REFORM THE RULES, THE ADMINISTRATION WILL FALL FAR BEHIND PACE AND HUNDREDS OF CRUCIAL POSITIONS WILL REMAIN UNFILLEDClick here to download these charts.PrintEmailTweetPreviousTHE NEWSROOMSENATE RESOURCESABOUT LEADER THUNEFacebookXInstagram
