| maxn... | It’s a team effort to get objectives done; as such, the POTUS team has to be completed. |
| jrsa... | An example of the off spoken phrase- a slippery slope is here |
| rmtr... | Too much power already exists in this administration-and adding more to the Congress means we have no bi-partisan legislators to refute the power. |
| rake... | They need to place people in power to run their departments . |
| jeff... | Just another petty move by the petty ruling party. |
| tcba... | Rule change exacerbates lack of congressional oversight - there’s vitally none now |
| atli... | With control over life time appointments to the courts, MAGA will assure that the march to fascism is successful and will continue past my lifetime. |
| sara... | Just more string arm tactics that remove the need for our legislators to actually legislate through discussion and compromise. Why are Republicans pushing? They've already managed to get the most unqualified bunch of ignorant hacks appointed to all leadership positions - what's the need to lower the bar even further? |
| brbc... | We are getting nothing done with the Democreeps. |
| came... | The Republicans won’t abuse this but Democrats will when they get into power |
| caza... | I'm stunned by poll results. I support an energetic executive branch. An obstructionist Senate and the bureaucratic blob (i.e. the deep state, the swamp) should not block the will of the people. Add to that extreme ideological members of "independent" agencies (i.e. NLRB, FCC, the Federal Reserve, Etc.) and Federal judges who rule based on their beliefs rather than the Constitution. |
| usct... | The GOP should remember. What goes around comes around. If the Democrats ever regain control of Congress and the Presidency, they may regret the move. |
| rtet... | The GOP is dismantling our democratic republic in full sight. A one party state by definition cannot be a democracy. The GOP has gerrymandered as many red state congressional elections as possible. Yet half of the country identifies as Independent or Democrat. Taxation without representation is one reason why the colonists succeeded from Britain. The GOP congressional has stolen representation from all Americans. Our democracy worked for 250 years. Why is the GOP trying to break it? |
| kitt... | Way too many liberties given the executive branch…which is on a roll to manage it all - no thought to cost to tax payers - Public needs or wants |
| jill... | Typically Republicans tend to give presidents their choice of nominees while Democrats are more likely to weaponize the process. Democrats have forced this change and will have to live with it. |
| caju... | Our founders never intended for Congress to drag out confirmation process simply due to dislike of the president. |
| nanc... | All part of the Project 2025 playbook. We’re heading down the path to authoritarianism much faster than I thought we could. Beware. |
| mdul... | If Trump ever allows free elections again and hasn't so rigged the voting rules that it's impossible for anyone other than a Republican to win office, it will be interesting to see what will happen if a Democrat is ever elected. All of this concentration of power is what every POTUS has wanted almost since the birth of our nation but no person before Trump has ever been able to get the other two branches of government to wholly abdicate their role in our Democratic Republic. Having succeeded in doing so through Trump's tactics, it does lead one to wonder what next as we become a fascist authoritarian nation. |
| chiu... | Pass them thru! |
| arth... | Holding up appointments is just opposing party pettiness anyhow. |
| pjpa... | Harry Reid was the 1st Senate Leader to institute this change & liberals are hypocrites for crying when Republicans play the game by their rules |
| cger... | You and your Progressive Leftist readers are naturally concerned that their obstructionist behavior to advance progress in the United States will be thwarted by this action. Progressive Leftist communist hate America and want to see her fail as quickly as possible. |
| bria... | Balance between Senate oversight and aggressive obstruction by Democrats. |
| rmby... | The Republicans have no ethics or care about their constituents and what we want. They are fully engaged in the Trump cult. No regard for what is best for the country. |
| jrv1... | Sword will cut both ways. If both sides of the aisle would have run a thorough but expeditious process, this would have never been introduced |
| pfor... | It just streamlines the approval of crazies Luke RFK Jr,, Linda McMahon, and Kash Patel with no oversight. If we had Republicans with any spines they wouldn't be in place destroying the country. |
| csbr... | Pendulums always swing |
| sher... | This administration doesn't follow established rules for anything anymore...just plowing through, ignoring constitutional protections, ignoring rights of large groups of citizens and setting up a situation that makes us all unsafe! |
| mari... | It's a procedural change to rush through unqualified yes men. |
| bett... | The Republican-led Congress is enabling Trump's unconstitutional, unAmerican overhaul of our democracy. This is the latest example. |
| jlan... | There were laws put in place by our forefathers to have power shared equally so the president could not make changes at his whim, which is exactly what is happening now. |
| kvas... | Congress is supposed to be an independent branch of government that provides checks and balances to the power of the president. Sadly, the old turtleneck Mitch McConnell began the erosion of that idea, and, now, Congress is nothing but Traitor Don's rubber stamp. Same with the supreme court. The country's downfall is frighteningly fast. |
| kart... | Republicans will rue this decision when another party has the majority. |
| payn... | Trending is the wrong decision |
| satr... | Not concerned now as the situation has been unnecessarily slowed down. Am concerned for future when there is not the delay issue and this will set a bad precedent |
