Many Unconfirmed Nominees Are Still In Government

James Hohmann details multiple Trump nominees for positions “who couldn’t pass muster with a GOP-controlled Senate yet continues to wield immense authority inside the government.”

“It’s possible that there are additional people who couldn’t get confirmed by the Senate that are now working under the radar inside the executive branch. Every president gets to bring on about 4,000 political appointees, but only around 1,200 of those need to be confirmed by the Senate. It’s hard to find out the identities of the other 2,800.”