The Senate on Friday confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominees to the Interior and Energy departments, as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The nominees passed 51-47 along party lines in an en bloc package that included dozens of Trump picks. It was a priority for Senate Republicans before the upcoming August recess.
“This will be clearly 600 people confirmed in the second Trump administration,” said Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) during floor remarks Thursday. “And we’ve done it in the face of historic obstruction from the Democrats.”
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Senate Republicans changed the rules last year to allow certain nominees to advance en bloc because Democrats would not allow any to pass quickly by unanimous consent.
