A growing number of Senate Republicans are expressing deep concerns about the impact that Sen. Ted Cruz's blockade on President Biden's ambassador nominees is having around the world — and some are in discussions with Dem. Sen. Manchin to work around Cruz.
Since Cruz is objecting to quick confirmation votes for dozens of nominees, it could eat up an enormous amount of floor time to go through the full parliamentary process before getting the ambassadors confirmed. So instead, the senators are looking to ease passage by allowing the Senate to vote on a bloc of nominees at a time -- potentially five at once. To change the rules under regular order, 67 senators would need to vote to make that happen.
"Cruz for months has refused to allow quick confirmation votes on the nominations until the Biden administration reverses its policy on a major pipeline between Russia and European countries. The Texas Republican is angry that Biden softened the US opposition to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that was in place during the Trump administration.
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