Republicans deploy nuclear options in Democratic nominee lockdown

Senate Republicans have begun a process of nuclear-core ceremonialism with Senate Democrats to confirm the president Donald Trump’s Nominee.

Senate Majority Leader John ThuneRs.D., Monday provided the Republicans with a framework for using the “nuclear option”, a move that allows for Senate rule changes with a simple majority vote to install new rules that allow nominees to be composed.

Republicans are moving forward with plans originally developed by the Democrats during the Biden administration, which was due to frustration at the time, with nominees gradually growing in the upper room.

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However, this pace has become a thorough crawl during Trump’s second term. No nominees at any level received voice votes or conducted by unanimous consent, both approaches aimed at quickly tracking the confirmation process of sublevel positions in the bureaucracy.

Thun quoted Senate Minority Leadership Chuck SchumerDN.Y., speaking to Republicans for slowing down former President Joe Biden’s nominee in the Senate, opposing Republicans, said: “Whether the White House is in the White House, both sides have long agreed that the president should implement his or her administration quickly.”

Thun accused the Democratic lockdown as “Trump Danger Syndrome to Steroids” and argued that if nominees were historically as bad as they claimed, they wouldn’t vote some of them on a bipartisan basis.

“We have a crisis and it’s time to take steps to restore Senate precedents and codify them in Senate rules, which was once considered standard practice,” he said.

“This afternoon, I will take the necessary procedural steps to modify the rules,” Thune continued. “This is the idea of ​​the Democrats.”

Thune is expected to take its first step on Monday night and will propose resolutions with dozens of nominees who have withdrawn from the committee in a bipartisan manner.

The plan is based on Sens. AmyKlobuchar, D-Minn. , Angus King, I-Maine and former Senator Ben Cardin, d-Md. The prompt for prompts will allow group voting or “En Bloc”.

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President Donald Trump left the White House in Washington on September 7, 2025 to address reporters. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The initial bill puts a cap on 10 nominees in each group panel and includes district judges and U.S. lawyers draft picks. Republicans may exceed the ceiling, but may not include judicial nominees.

Instead, the focus is on the sub-level nominees through their respective committees with support.

“I just said we’re back to the way the Senate used to work,” Senate Majority Whip John BarrassoR-Wyo. Tell Fox News Digital. “When the vast majority of nominees are under scrutiny on the committee, their hearings are voted out and sent to the floor. Then, you know, Bush, Clinton, 99% of them vote by unanimously or by voice, and President Trump has zero.”

Thune and Schumer were unable to reach a deal last month for the relocation nominee, until his move happened after lawmakers left Washington to recess.

Since 2010, both sides have turned to nuclear programs many times. In 2013, then-Minority Leader Harry Reed (D-Nev).

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Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo). (tasos katopodis)

Four years later, then-Senate Majority Leader R-Ky. In 2019, McConnell cut the debate to two hours of civilian nominations.

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Republicans expressed hope that the proposal to use the Democratic Party will support some people in favor of the change, and believed the move was to further simplify the process and prevent either party from being blocked.

“I really watched them force us to do something,” Sen. Roger MarshallR-Kan. Tell Fox News Digital. “In my humble opinion, there is no nuclear power. This is their bill again and we will see. It’s nice to see them squirm because they’re trying to figure out what to do.”