Senate There are likely to be a few Cabinet nominees who are relatively uncontroversial. In the interest of time, senators can agree to speed up the process and confirm an individual nominee or several nominees by voice vote or unanimous consent.
As long as there are no objections among all 100 senators (currently 99).
This speeds things up in the Senate, where attendance time is at a premium.
However, there is good reason why some Democrats oppose a streamlined process for this.
From left to right, Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump and Senator Marco Rubio. (Fox News)
It's not because they're trying to clog the water pipes in the Senate. Democrats may demand a roll call vote on candidates they support in order to show that they voted in a bipartisan manner to confirm certain nominees. President-elect Donald Trump's nominees.
Democrats are likely to reject Pete Hegseth's nomination for Secretary of Defense. However, other relatively easy-to-confirm nominees such as Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., tapped to serve as Secretary of State, or Sean Duffy for Secretary of Transportation, may require a roll call vote.
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As a result, Democrats could then argue that they voted for “X” number of Mr. Trump’s nominees — and argue that they operated in a bipartisan manner.
