U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell discusses the healthcare bill. Fr. Mark Hodges
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 25, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Pro-lifers applaud President Donald Trump for fulfilling campaign promises to nominate constitutionalist judges to the nation’s courts, but senate Democrats are holding up confirmation of 87 percent of Trump’s picks.
The Hill reported that President Trump “faces an appointment blockage worse than any seen before in the past four presidencies.”
The president has made 57 nominations, but only seven have been confirmed. The rest still await approval by either the Senate Judiciary Committee or a full Senate vote.
Plus, for 10 of the 50 nominees kept waiting in the wings for a full vote, Democrats demand at least 30 hours of senate floor debate each.
“We are witnessing confirmation obstruction on steroids,” the Hill’s Victor Williams summarized. “The unprecedented obstruction is, obviously, part of a wider attempt by partisan opponents to discredit Donald Trump’s election; to ‘resist’ Trump’s governance.”
The problem isn’t confined to the judicial branch, either. Hundreds of top executive branch and agency posts remain empty, and the Senate has confirmed fewer than 50.
The coordinated delays began with the
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