‘Democrats have thrown up an unprecedented level of obstruction for nominees.’
WASHINGTON—Democrat lawmakers are blocking the confirmation of Brian Burch, President Donald Trump’s nomination for Ambassador to the Vatican, ahead of Pope Leo XVI’s installation as pontiff this Sunday.
Ambassadors are typically confirmed in large groups in order to speed up the process, given that there are 194 ambassadorial roles to fill. Yet in recent weeks, there have been a number of “cloture votes” in the Senate on Trump’s nominees, procedural votes requiring three-fifths of the Senate to vote in favor of the nominee.
“Democrats have thrown up an unprecedented level of obstruction for nominees that are usually allowed to compress their time,” a senior White House official told The Daily Wire, arguing that this type of obstruction is an assault “on the president’s officials and the president’s ability to stand up his government.”
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