A resolution authorizing the Majority Leader to move to proceed to the en bloc consideration of certain nominations.
This Senate resolution authorizes the Majority Leader to move to proceed to en bloc consideration of certain nominations. Specifically, it allows the Majority Leader to bring up for debate and potential confirmation up to 15 nominations at once, provided those nominations are “covered nominations” as defined in the bill. The covered nominations are limited to a set of lower- or mid-level positions (i.e., not Level I of the Executive Schedule, not federal judges, and not Supreme Court justices). Nominations eligible for en bloc consideration must have been reported to the Senate by the same committee and placed on the Senate calendar. The en bloc process is to be conducted in the same manner as a motion to proceed to a single nomination, applying the same procedures and rules. In short, the resolution creates a mechanism to speed up confirmations by allowing a block of up to 15 non-highest-level nominations from a single committee to be considered together, rather than one-by-one.
Key Points
- 1Definition of covered nomination: includes nominations not at Executive Schedule level I, not district court judges, not court of appeals judges, and not Supreme Court justices.
- 2Authorization to move to en bloc consideration: up to 15 covered nominations that were reported by the same Senate committee and placed on the calendar.
- 3Procedure: the motion to proceed to en bloc consideration and the subsequent consideration of the nominations are conducted as if the proceedings were for a single nomination.
- 4Eligibility requirement: all nominations in the block must come from the same committee.
- 5Limitation: cap of 15 nominations per en bloc consideration.