NBC News - Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, said Monday he’s placing a “blanket hold”
on President Donald Trump’s nominees for the State Department, tamping
down his hopes of quickly installing personnel in key positions...
A “hold” is essentially a threat to prevent a speedy vote for a nominee in the full Senate. It forces Republicans to jump through hoops and burn floor time to confirm nominees, which adds up when there are many lower-level nominees who might otherwise get fast-tracked to the floor for votes.
Nominees require majorities to be confirmed in the Senate. Republicans have 53 senators, so Democrats cannot scuttle Trump’s picks on their own. But they can drag out the process and detract from other nominees or bills that GOP leaders prefer to spend time on.
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