I would argue that at this moment and at these times, with respect to the complexity of the problems on national security and the economy, that if you have a simple majority, the President deserves his nominees.
Kaufman advocates for confirming presidential nominees with a simple majority due to pressing issues.
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When we get in, if they win, the pantry is going to be bare. When you see Trump's done to the deficit, forget about COVID-19, all the deficits he built the incredible tax cuts.
The panic of 2008 has subsided, but it has been replaced by the gnawing pain of countless men and women who can't find work, who can't keep their homes, and who don't know whether their economic story will ever end in recovery.
In the words of Ben Bernanke, America was on a course for 'a cataclysm that could have rivaled or surpassed the Great Depression.'
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