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Who’s to Blame for Slow Confirmations?

President Donald Trump says Democratic obstruction is the reason far fewer of his political nominees have been confirmed compared with his predecessors. But a group tracking the nominations says Trump is partly to blame for the lower numbers.

“You look at Clinton: 357 versus 182. You look at President Obama: 364 versus 182,” Trump said.

Data show Trump has simply nominated fewer people — something he said a week before was by design to reduce government waste.

Data also show, to Trump’s point, that his nominees are taking longer to get approval — on average 62 days compared with 46 days for President Barack

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