Thank you, Chuck Schumer.

Chuck Schumer, the Democrats' leader in the Senate, thought he could tempt fate without paying a political price. This week, he's likely to pay a price for his gamble. He isn't alone in paying a political price for an idea. Matt Margolis is reporting that Amy Klobuchar, aka St. Amy of Hennepin County, came up with an idea to confirm lots of presidential appointees in a short period of time.

He's reporting "After negotiations with Democrats predictably went nowhere, Thune assembled a working group in August featuring Republican Senators Katie Britt, James Lankford, Ron Johnson, Eric Schmitt, and Ted Budd. Their mission was simple: find a way around the Democratic roadblock. The solution they've crafted draws inspiration from an unlikely source—a 2023 proposal by Democrat Amy Klobuchar that would allow up to 10 nominees from the same committee to be confirmed together."

This is additional reporting from Mr. Margolis:

The Republican version promises to be far more comprehensive, removing artificial caps on how many nominees the Senate can confirm simultaneously. While judges and Cabinet nominees would remain exempt from this streamlined process, the change represents a fundamental shift in how the Senate handles executive branch confirmations.

Unless a presidential nominee is verifiably corrupt, that president should get their cabinet and sub-cabinet. In administrations passed, a significant percentage of lower officials (those 2 or more levels beneath a cabinet secretary) were passed with voice votes. Sen. Schumer is scheduled to become the first minority leader who didn't confirm any ageny heads via voice vote. When Sen. Schumer said in this video that "we should be working together to get things done for the American people", he's acting:

This is just acting. That's what makes Sen. Schumer is one of the slimiest leaders in U.S. history. I'll finish with this:

The numbers show just how far Democrats have taken their obstruction campaign. Trump is now the first president since Herbert Hoover—almost 100 years ago—to have zero civilian nominees confirmed by voice vote or unanimous consent in the early months of his term. That’s not politics as usual; that’s pure spite.

Of course, Chuck Schumer is out there defending this nonsense, claiming Trump’s picks are somehow “flawed” or “unqualified.” That’s rich coming from the party that shoved through Xavier Becerra, Pete Buttigieg, and Ketanji Brown Jackson—not to mention a slew of judicial nominees who couldn’t answer basic questions about the law. Republicans have seen this game before, and it looks like they’re finally ready to call Schumer’s bluff.

It's time top put Schumer out to pasture.