Senate wraps up August session with batch of confirmations

Published August 29, 2018 12:26pm ET



Senate lawmakers struck a bipartisan agreement to confirm a slew of Trump administration nominees this week, clearing the way for Republican Leaders to cancel the remaining few days of their unusual August work session.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., introduced a long list of judicial and executive branch nominees last week and Democrats Tuesday agreed to withdraw typical procedural hurdles that would have dragged out the confirmations for many days.

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