Sen. Schatz (D-HI) grinds more than 300 Trump nominees to a halt USA

Sen. Schatz (D-HI) grinds more than 300 Trump nominees to a halt USA

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/07/schatz-holds-more-than-300-trump-nominees Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) is expanding his holds on President Trump's nominees to include an additional 50 names — along with a batch of bipartisan foreign affairs bills, Axios has learned. Why it matters: That brings the total number of Trump nominees Schatz has now ground to a halt to more than 300, intensifying his protest of what he calls the White…

Sen. Brian Schatz opts for legislative tactic he once decried - Conservative Journal Review

Democrat Sen. Brian Schatz's recent decision to impose holds on numerous Trump administration nominees marks a major shift in his stance on Senate procedures. Schatz had previously been a vocal critic of Sen. Tommy Tuberville's similar strategy of using Senate holds to challenge nominations during the Biden era, and now the Democrat has adopted the same tactic due to grievances with the Trump administration, as The Federalist reports. The contro…