User’s Guide: Why Some Trump Nominees Can Be Confirmed by Voice Vote—And Why Some Can’t
Senate they are likely to have several cabinet candidates who are relatively uncontroversial. In the interest of time, senators could agree to speed up the process and confirm an individual candidate or several candidates by voice or unanimous consent.
As long as there are no objections among all 100 (currently 99) senators.
That speeds things up in the Senate, where time is up for debate.
However, there’s good reason some Democrats might oppose a streamlined process for doing so.
From left to right, Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump and Senator Marco Rubio. (Fox News)
It’s not because they’re trying to plug the Senate plumbing. Democrats may require a roll call vote on the candidates they support to show they voted in a bipartisan manner to confirm some of the Candidates of President-elect Donald Trump.
Democrats are likely to reject Pete Hegseth’s nomination for Secretary of Defense. However, other candidates who are relatively easy to confirm, such as Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., chosen for secretary of state, or Sean Duffy for secretary of transportation, could require a roll call vote.
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As a result, Democrats can claim they voted for “X” number of candidates Mr. Trump – and claim that they acted in a bipartisan manner.
