Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) hyped the Senate's progress on confirming Trump nominees during a closed-door lunch on Tuesday.
Why it matters: Thanks to new rules through the "nuclear option," the Senate confirmed another big batch of nominees Tuesday evening — putting them ahead of tallies at the same point under the Biden and first Trump administrations.
By the numbers: Barrasso compared the nominee confirmation numbers of the past few administrations, in a presentation slide obtained by Axios.
- The total number of Trump 2.0 confirmations is now at 298 after Tuesday's votes.
- That's more than the 201 nominees confirmed at this point under former President Biden, and the 183 confirmations at this point in Trump's first term.
- Barrasso's slide included images of Trump representing his administrations, and an image of an autopen signing Biden's name.
What to watch: The new bloc of confirmations leaves just 26 people waiting to be confirmed — 16 in the executive branch and 10 judicial branch nominees.
