The Senate confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees in one sweeping vote on Thursday, marking the primary bloc confirmed after Republicans voted to change Senate guidelines to speed up the consideration of nominees.
The nominees confirmed included Kimberly Guilfoyle to be the Ambassador to Greece, Christine Toretti to be the Ambassador to Sweden, and Callista Gingrich to be Ambassador to Switzerland and Lichtenstein. Former GOP Rep. Brandon Williams was additionally confirmed as below secretary for nuclear safety.
The transfer by Senate Republicans comes after they pushed by a change to Senate rules utilizing the so-called “nuclear option” over the objections of Democrats. The guidelines change permits nominees to be thought of en bloc, or as a gaggle, as tensions have grown over a number of months between the 2 events over the backlog of Trump’s nominees awaiting Senate affirmation.