Article snippet: The Senate has sent hundreds of nominations back to the White House, throwing their fate into limbo. Senators sent back more than 270 nominations from the previous session on Thursday, which marked the official start of the 116th Congress. The list of nominations bounced back to the White House was printed in the Congressional Record, published Friday afternoon. In addition to the more than 270 nominations, the Senate also returned scores of foreign service nominees who were not listed individually. The setback will force MORE to decide if he will renominate each of the individuals and start the Senate confirmation process over again. Trump and administration officials have repeatedly lamented the pace of confirmations on Capitol Hill. Of 707 key positions that require Senate confirmation, Trump has gotten 434 confirmed, according to a tracker from the Partnership for Public Service and The Washington Post. Trump in a pair of tweets on Monday knocked Senate Minority Leader Trump said. The Senate did confirm dozens of nominations on Wednesday in a final package of picks during the 115th Congress as part of a deal between Schumer and Majority Leader MORE (R-Ky.). Scheduling a nomination vote is up to McConnell, but any senator can force him to eat up days of floor time before getting to a final vote. Under the rules of the Senate, Trump has to renominate the picks in order to get them considered for confirmation during the new session of Congress. Though not a ... Link to the full article to read more