We've got a crisis, and it's time to take steps to restore Senate precedent and codify in Senate rules what once was understood to be standard practice, and that is the Senate acting expeditiously on presidential nominations to allow a president to get his team into place.
Thune discusses the urgency of changing Senate rules for confirming presidential nominees.
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