Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) takes a photo of, from left, Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) during a meeting to discuss a COVID-19 relief package, in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 3, 2021, in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP Photo
The Senate has confirmed more nominees in the first year of the Biden administration than it did for the same period in the Trump administration, according to a report from the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service’s Center for Presidential Transition.
However, the number of confirmations lagged those for both the Obama and Bush administrations, the report said.
