Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sent a letter to the incoming majority leader, Sen. John Thune (R-SD), asking him to consider a bipartisan approach to the Senate confirmation process. 

President-elect Donald Trump has made a number of Cabinet picks that have raised the eyebrows of Republicans and Democrats alike. On Sunday, Schumer asked Thune, who will soon become Senate majority leader when the new Congress is sworn in, to consider Democrats in the confirmation process.