POWER GRAB: GOP changed chamber rules to allow unlimited groups of nominees to be confirmed.

[CousinIT]

https://www.axios.com/2025/09/11/senate-republicans-nuclear-option-trump-nominees

FREE read: https://archive.ph/iKYlT

Senate GOP invokes "nuclear option" to confirm batches of Trump nominees

Senate Republicans officially changed chamber rules on Thursday to allow unlimited groups of nominees to be voted on at once.

Why it matters: Starting next week, Republicans aim to quickly move through a backlog of more than 140 civilian nominees after months of facing Democratic roadblocks.

The Senate voted along party lines, overruling the chair to allow non-Cabinet and non-judicial nominees to be voted on in big groups.
They are expected to vote on the first such bloc of 48 nominees next week, after additional procedural votes.

The intrigue: There was a last-ditch effort at a bipartisan deal for a more limited rules change that would cap any bloc of nominees at 15.

The vote to allow the Senate to take up the bipartisan proposal Thursday failed to receive the needed unanimous consent, and Republicans denied Democrats' request to let negotiations drag into the weekend.

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Tell me again why we're supposed to be scared of abolishing the filibuster?

[CousinIT]

2. Exactly.

GRRR!

[bigtree]

3. they'll act like we robbed fort knox when Democrats are in the majority again

...and flip the court balance back in big batches.

[Wifes husband]

5. If we do

[kentuck]

4. They are realizing that they will probably lose power in the next election...

So, they want to do as much damage as possible before they leave.

[CousinIT]

7. I doubt it. Democrats won't fight their massive gerrymandering so MAGA will keep control. n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. More unqualified sycophants

The Trump kakistocracy rolls on

[RT Atlanta]

8. Quelle surprise....

At this point (and this was clear years ago IMO), it's all about the 'pukes grabbing as much power as they can.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. MaddowBlog-Republicans go 'nuclear' to help Trump nominees, invite Democratic backlash

GOP senators have now triggered the “nuclear option” three times (and counting) in the last eight years. The consequences are likely to matter.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republicans-go-nuclear-help-trump-nominees-invite-democratic-backlash-rcna230778

Senate GOP leaders have complained bitterly for months that Democrats have used unprecedented tactics to delay confirmation votes for many of the president’s nominees, including picks for lower-level offices. Those Republican complaints are rooted in fact, and Democratic leaders have largely conceded the point, arguing that Trump is a uniquely radical president; that his nominees tend to be uniquely unqualified; and so these picks require unique scrutiny, regardless of the traditional process.

On Thursday, the Senate GOP majority took a dramatic step to overhaul how the institution functions. NBC News reported:

Republicans triggered the ‘nuclear option’ to change the rules of the Senate on a party-line basis Thursday, a move that will allow them to speed up confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nominees for key executive branch positions. The vote was 53-45 to establish a new rule that allows the Senate to confirm an unlimited number of nominees en bloc, rather than process each one individually.

Ordinarily, changing the rules of the Senate involves a long and laborious process that requires bipartisan support. But the “nuclear option” expedites matters, as one party uses its majority to overrule the chair, set a new precedent and effectively establish a new rule.

Going forward, senators can now vote to confirm nominees (including sub-Cabinet picks and ambassadors, but not judicial nominations) as a group, which will naturally expedite the overall process. NBC News’ report added, “Republicans say they’ll allow their own senators to object to individual nominees in any given block, but the rule will strip away the power of the minority party to do the same thing.”.....

Which leads to the other angle worth keeping in mind: The Senate has become slow, stagnant, ineffective and sclerotic. Significant reforms are, by most measures, absolutely necessary.

Rewriting institutional rules is profoundly difficult in the chamber, but the more both parties see value in going “nuclear” and making changes quickly, the easier the path for reforms that would make the Senate a better, more efficient body.

The Democrats may eliminate the filibuster entirely when they take power.

[GenThePerservering]

10. The more incompetent sycophants, the faster MAGA will fall

only problem is the damage it'll do before it self-immolates.