“Senate Majority Leader John Thune has been consumed by near-daily drama and chaos largely brought on by President Donald Trump, who’s been blindsiding GOP leaders and undermining their shared agenda as part of his push to get rid of the filibuster,” Punchbowl News reports.
”Yet in the background, Senate Republicans have been confirming circuit and district court judges at a pace that now exceeds their clip from the first Trump administration. It’s a rare bright spot for the Senate GOP majority, despite several unresolved legislative crises.”


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