The Senate There will likely be some Cabinet nominees who are relatively non-controversial. In the interest of time, senators could agree to expedite the process and confirm an individual nominee or multiple nominees by voice vote or unanimous consent.
As long as there are no objections among all 100 (currently 99) senators.
This speeds things up in the Senate, where speaking time is scarce.
However, there’s a good reason why some Democrats might resist a streamlined process for this.
From left to right: Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump and Senator Marco Rubio. (Fox News)
It’s not because they’re trying to clog the Senate pipes. Democrats can demand a roll call vote on the nominees they support, to show that they voted in a bipartisan manner to pass some of the President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees.
Democrats are likely to reject Pete Hegseth’s nomination for defense secretary. However, other relatively easy-to-confirm nominees, such as Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who has been picked to become secretary of state, or Sean Duffy as transportation secretary, may require roll call votes.
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As a result, Democrats can then claim they voted for “X” of Trump’s nominees — and claim they were operating in a bipartisan manner.
