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Our country faces a crisis of confirmation.



200 unconfirmed presidential nominees.

Over 900 straight days with more than 80 vacancies on the federal bench.

Over a dozen unfilled ambassador posts.

More than 30 “judicial emergencies” declared by the federal judiciary due to an enormous backlog of cases.

 The confirmation process for presidential appointments is broken. Delaying tactics and political maneuvers, sometimes by a single member of Congress, have for years now impeded our government’s ability to function, under both Democratic and Republican administrations.



Over and over again, Senate gridlock has stymied the confirmation of well-qualified and often critical candidates, leaving key positions unfilled and our judiciary overworked and understaffed.

 No Labels â€" a group of Republicans, Democrats and Independents dedicated to making American government work again â€" has put forth a solution, one of 12 ideas to! fix Congress in its Make Congress Work! action plan.



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