Speaking on the senate floor, mr Thune framed the rules change as a necessary response to what he framed as an unprecedented democratic blockade against fast confirmation of any of mr Washington (ap) — senate majority leader john thune says he’s ready to change the chamber’s rules to allow quick confirmations of dozens of president donald trump’s executive branch nominees, moving this week to speed up votes after months of democratic delays. Senate majority leader john thune says republicans are ready to change the chamber’s rules to allow quick confirmations of dozens of president donald trump’s executive branch nominees and will. The plan thune teed up is based on a democratic proposal made by sen
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