President Donald Trump is ahead of his predecessor on confirmations.
Senate Republicans intend to approve Trump's bloc of 97 nominees is significantly ahead of confirmed nominees at the same point during the Biden and first Trump administrations. The total number of confirmations for Trump's second term will be at least 417 after the acceptance of a package of group nominations later this week. (RELATED: John Thune Says Democrats' Unprecedented 'Obstruction' Will Cost Them Next Time They Take Power)
“By the end of this year we will have a record number [Trump’s] nominees confirmed for the executive branch,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune told Fox News on Thursday.
Former President Joe Biden, by contrast, had 365 confirmed candidates by the end of December 2021. Trump received 323 confirmations at the end of 2017 during his first term.
The nominees slated for confirmation include former New York Republican Rep. Anthony D'Esposito, who will serve in a senior position at the Department of Labor, and two National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) nominees—James Murphy and Scott Mayer—in addition to 94 other federal government officials.
Expected NLRB confirmations to come after Trump dismissed Gwynne Wilcox, a Biden appointee, was removed from the powerful board in January that the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals definite be legal.
Senate Republicans are also expected to confirm Elon Musk's remarks. ally This week, Jared Isaacman will take over the leadership of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and Douglas Weaver will individually join the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
AVOCA, PENNSYLVANIA – DECEMBER 9: President Donald Trump exits Marine One before boarding Air Force One at Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport on his way back to Washington, DC on December 9, 2025 in Avoca, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Thune moved to change The Senate in September confirmed an unlimited number of non-Cabinet and non-Judicial nominees simultaneously, after months of unprecedented Democratic obstruction of Trump's pick. Trump in his current term is first a president in about a century without having a single nominee for civilian office confirmed by the Senate by unanimous consent or voice vote—due to Democratic delay tactics.
After Republicans invoked the “nuclear option” to speed up the approval process, Senate Republicans confirmed package of nominations of 48 members in September and approved 108 presidential chooses during a single group vote in October.
Senate Republicans also approved the appointment of 26 federal judges to district and circuit courts this year.
More than 30 of Trump's US lawyers will also be confirmed before the Christmas break.
Trump has repeatedly called on Senate Republicans end blue receipt courtesyIt's a more than century-old practice that effectively gives any senator veto power over U.S. attorney nominees in their home states. Democrats did not reinstate prosecutors in New York, New Jersey and Virginia.
Defenders of tradition, including Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Gussley, argued Blue Cowards will protect Republicans when there is a Democratic President in the White House.
Grassley also said he is focused on making sure Trump's judicial nominees have the votes to leave his committee, where Republicans hold a 12-10 majority.
Some Republicans on the panel said they would oppose The US Attorney chooses those who do not have the support of their state senator, even if Grassley has abandoned tradition.
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