Senate Republicans took the first steps to change the chamber's rules on Thursday, moving to make it easier to confirm groups of President Donald Trump's nominees after last-minute negotiations with Democrats fell apart.

Grassley tried to clear a tranche of nominees Monday for a second time but was blocked by Democrats. Schumer blamed Trump for the impasse and offered to reopen negotiations if Republicans would drop their plans to change Senate rules. “If Republicans are dead-set on going nuclear, we will not grant consent today,” Schumer said.

WASHINGTON - Attorney Daniel Rosen had sailed through a relatively smooth process to become Minnesota’s next U.S. Attorney, but the final steps of his confirmation could be held up indefinitely in the U.

Senate Republicans have barely defeated an effort by Democrats to insert language into Congress’ annual defense authorization bill that would have forced the public release of case files on the sex tr

Senate Republicans are slamming Democrats for changing their tune on speeding up the confirmation process as the GOP conference forges ahead with a change to the upper chamber’s rules to clear a backlog of President Donald Trump’s nominees.