Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) on Wednesday set the stage for Senate Republicans to begin moving forward next month on proposals to change the rules for processing more than 140 of President Trump’s stalled nominees, many of them non-controversial picks to lower-level executive branch positions.

Barrasso, in an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal, noted that Trump has more than 1,000 senior-level appointments that require Senate confirmation but, faced with staunch Democratic resistance, the Senate has filled only 135 of those positions.

“Confirming even the most routine nominees is now a bitter fight. It is time to change Senate confirmation rules,” Barrasso wrote.

“Through dilatory warfare, Democrats have broken their ‘advice and consent’ responsibilities. This dra

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