“Every single one of these 48 nominees was voted out of committee with bipartisan support. A significant number of them were supported by a majority of Democrats on their respective committees,” Thune said. “Under any other president these would be exactly the type of nominees we would confirm in a batch by unanimous consent or voice vote,” Thune added. The vote followed weeks of frustration from Trump and numerous GOP senators, who are exasperated by Democrats slowing down the confirmation process for lower-ranking nominees. The new way of handling nominations “en bloc” doesn’t apply to Supreme Court or higher-ranking judicial nominees, or Cabinet-level picks.