🚨BREAKING: John Thune is facing criticism for reportedly planning to send the Senate home for the week today after little progress on key priorities.
With less than two months left before Democrats take control in January, Senate Republicans still have a large backlog of President Trump’s nominees awaiting confirmation. Recent reporting has put the number of remaining executive and judicial nominees well over 100, with many still needing floor time. Thune was just reelected as Senate GOP leader and has publicly said the conference will “maximize” its remaining days, extend the calendar, and work to confirm judges and executive nominees before the new Congress.
Yet posts and questions on social media today claim the Senate has no votes or regular session scheduled for Friday, making Thursday its last workday of the week. Critics point to that as evidence the chamber is still not treating the lame-duck window with the urgency required to clear the remaining nominations.
The House has already acted on multiple priorities. The Senate under Thune has repeatedly been the bottleneck. With the clock running out, voters are watching whether leadership actually uses the days it has left.
@DavidJHarrisJr That Lazy Good-for-nothing John Thune should not still be the "leader" of the Republicans in the Senate -
that man has failed to do so much in the past - unwilling to work for the good of America
@helenckh Yes!! Major fraud across Texas -- as well as a lot of other states. We -- a free people -- do not vote for people who are determined to destroy our government