Opinion: With hundreds of nominees to confirm, the Senate doesn't deserve Thanksgiving break

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Due to Carnival Cruz, the Senate needs to stay in session until the backlog of pending confirmations are cleared

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There are multiple reasons. Biden has nominated just 432 people for those 802 positions. Before and after nomination, the vetting process can take months. And then, even if a nominee has the full backing of the relevant Senate committee, a single senator can gum up the works.

Which is where Cruz comes in. He is blocking more than 40 State Department nominees, including most ambassadors.

Cruz at least has a policy objective; he is holding the appointees hostage, trying to force the administration to oppose a natural gas pipeline being built from Russia to Germany.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), by contrast, has joined in the hostage-taking with no serious purpose. After the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, he vowed to block all nominees to national security positions until the secretaries of state and defense resigned.

[msongs]

1. change senate rules...no blocks, no holds, no blue slips. up or down votes nt