Brian Schatz expands block on Trump nominees to 300 positions

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Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) expanded his hold on President Donald Trump‘s nominees for government positions to 300, including an additional 50 people Monday.

Schatz invoked a hold, a procedural move that can delay the consideration of a nominee for days or weeks, on more than 300 nominees who need Senate approval and some bipartisan foreign affairs bills, his office confirmed to the Washington Examiner. He previously placed a hold on all State Department nominees, and his new hold spans dozens of agencies.

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