Summary
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) announced he will block all of Trump’s State Department nominees until USAID is reinstated.
His move comes after Elon Musk took control of USAID, placed senior staff on leave, and seized classified information.
Schatz condemned the administration’s “authoritarian behavior” and vowed to delay confirmations until USAID operates normally.
His blockade could significantly slow Trump’s ability to fill key diplomatic positions, forcing Senate Republicans to spend more time pushing nominations through.
So what your telling me is that Democrats could have been blocking nominees this whole time…
No. This just delays the confirmations. They basically just don’t get fast tracked.
Delay is the whole point. Delay everything and they can’t get as much done.
It makes them take 60 votes. What I want to know is who are the 7 Democrats that are approving nominations?Nvm, I’m wrong.
Yep. Cut them off from praying on poor countries, and you get them to act.