Senate Republicans mull shortening debate time or packaging together nominees to speed up the confirmation process, but Senate Democrats warn that they too could take advantage of any precedent changes.

Senate Republicans are mulling a possible rule change to allow them to more swiftly confirm President Trump's nominees amid Democrats' efforts to slow the process in protest to the president's policies.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) bemoaned Thursday that Republicans "will never catch up" with confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump's executive branch nominees due to "unprecedented obstruction" by the Democrats.

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley voted with Democrats to advance legislation to ban members of Congress from owning individual stocks.

President Donald Trump has lashed out at Sen. Josh Hawley after the Republican’s proposal to ban stock trading by members of Congress — and the president and vice president — advanced in a committee v