The Senate, by its personal requirements, is concluding one in every of its most efficient intervals in current historical past on the shut of President Donald Trump’s first 100 days.
The Republican-controlled Senate, which returned from a two-week recess on Monday, confirmed all of Trump’s prime nominees, together with controversial picks like Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth, Well being Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Director of Nationwide Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
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A side-by-side of the U.S. Capitol and President Donald Trump. (Getty Photographs/AP Photographs)
The Senate labored for 13 of the primary 14 weeks, concluding its longest consecutive session in 15 years. It confirmed 53 of Trump’s nominees — outpacing President Joe Biden’s 2021 affirmation charge and surpassing 2017’s tempo.
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President Donald Trump indicators an government order within the Oval Workplace of the White Home on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (AP NEWSROOM)
Regardless of important procedural hurdles from Democrats, many nominees acquired bipartisan assist. The GOP Senate additionally adopted two frameworks for Trump’s “huge, stunning invoice.”
Nevertheless, solely 5 payments handed into regulation, partly resulting from Trump’s reliance on government orders and the Senate’s concentrate on confirming his staff.
Two notable legal guidelines had been handed: one to avert a authorities shutdown and the Laken Riley Act.
