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 Board07.29.25Five Charts That Explain What Is Happening With Nominees in the SenateIn the Face of Historic Democrat Obstruction, Republicans Forge Ahead to Confirm President Trump’s Team PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THE ONLY PRESIDENT ON RECORD TO NOT HAVE A SINGLE CIVILIAN NOMINEE CONFIRMED VIA VOICE VOTE OR UNANIMOUS CONSENT(Click here to download)REGARDLESS OF THIS UNPRECEDENTED OBSTRUCTION, SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE CONFIRMING NOMINEES THE HARD WAY AND AHEAD OF THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S PACE(Click here to download) SENATE REPUBLICANS HAVE KEPT UP THE PACE BY VOTING MORE THAN ANY SENATE IN THE LAST 35-PLUS YEARS…(Click here to download) EVEN TAKING MORE VOTES IN SEVEN MONTHS THAN THE SENATE HAS IN 32 OUT OF THE LAST 36 ENTIRE YEARS…(Click here to download) AND SPENDING MORE TIME IN SESSION THAN ANY YEAR IN THE LAST 15+ YEARS(Click here to download)PrintEmailTweetPreviousTHE NEWSROOMSENATE RESOURCESABOUT LEADER THUNEFacebookXInstagram