Conservative senators were already standing in the way of hundreds of qualified nominees who enjoy majority support. Now, as stevebenen writes, they're making matters worse with holds on State Department nominees.
A pair of Republican senators have thrown up roadblocks to the confirmation of dozens of U.S. ambassadors, marking the latest effort by lawmakers to delay President Biden’s nominees until their demands are addressed. Sens. J.D. Vance and Rand Paul — citing concerns about progressive political ideology and Covid-19 research records respectively — have put holds on State Department appointees, primarily career foreign-service officers.
Imagine trying to explain all of this to officials abroad. I’m imagining a conversation that would unfold something like this:
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