Sen. James Lankford said Thursday that he’s proposing a rule change to move judicial nominees more swiftly through the confirmation process.
“The Senate can only do one thing at a time. So if you’ve got 30 hours of debate on a nominee that’s going to pass, because when they come out of committee, we have the votes to pass them. They will pass,” Mr. Lankford, Oklahoma Republican, explained on “The Hugh Hewitt Show.”
“If you clog it up with 30 hours of debate for that person, that means you can’t debate other tax reform, you can’t move on legislation, you can’t work on regulatory issues, you can’t work on anything else, because you’re clogged up on that one,” he added.
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