It is the week of Feb. 4, and so far the Senate has gotten around to confirming nine of President Donald Trump’s nominees into office with a few more to come this week despite having a 53 to 47 Republican majority that is owed in no small part to Trump’s popularity in the 2024 election in states like Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. 

The truth is, there are about 1,300 positions in the administration that ultimately require Senate confirmation by law, resulting in Presidents resorting to appointing acting officials until permanent selections can be made. At the current rate — nine confirmations in 16 days, or 0.56 confirmations per day — the Senate will only be able to confirm about 200 administration officials per year, or 800 of the 1,300 for the entire four years of President Trump’s second term. They’d never complete the process.

As it is, at the current rate, it will take about ten more days just to get the 15 cabinet secretaries confirmed, to say nothing of the deputies, assistants to the secretary and agencies that also need to be staffed.

You know what to do! Let’s urge the Senate to work seven days a week until the Trump cabinet is confirmed, including all of the deputies and assistants needed so that the executive branch can move at the speed of Trump. That means the Senate needs to move at the speed of Silicon Valley to get the President’s team in place so they can implement the Trump agenda.