Senate Republicans Confirm 48 Trump Nominees After Rules Change

by Emmitt Barry, with reporting from Washington D.C. Bureau StaffWASHINGTON (Worthy News) – Senate Republicans on Thursday confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s executive branch nominees in a single vote, advancing his agenda to fill key government positions after invoking a new rules change last week.The 51-47 vote clears more than a quarter of the 173 pending nominees who had already advanced out of committee but were held up by Democratic opposition. Under the revised Senate pr