Article snippet: Frustrated with what he calls Democratic obstruction, Tuesday to change the rules to speed up consideration of his nominees for vacant court seats and executive posts. It has taken an average of 84 days to confirm Trump’s nominees, far longer than for the four presidents who preceded him, according to the Partnership for Public Service, a non-partisan group that tracks confirmations. "Waiting for approval of almost 300 nominations, worst in history. Democrats are doing everything possible to obstruct, all they know how to do," Trump tweeted Saturday. Senate Majority Leader MORE (R-Ky.) has yet to say whether he will try to implement the change with a controversial party-line vote known as the nuclear option. White House legislative affairs director Marc Short told reporters several weeks ago that Trump would be “making a larger foray” into the slow pace of Senate confirmations. “By continuing to highlight and recognize the level of obstruction … it continues to put more pressure on the Senate to address this internally,” Short said. Conservatives such as Sens. MORE (R-Mont.) say they want GOP leaders to trigger the nuclear option, whereby Senate rules would be effectively changed with a simple majority vote. “If I were president, I’d be asking us about it. ‘What are you going to do?’ I’d be pressing hard to change the rules of the Senate using Monday. Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) used a party-line vote in 2013 to lower the threshold for ... Link to the full article to read more