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This tends not to be a "the president will solve it" but rather "the president appoints the people who are heading agencies to solve the problems." https://our
by shagie 5y ago
This tends not to be a "the president will solve it" but rather "the president appoints the people who are heading agencies to solve the problems."
https://ourpublicservice.org/political-appointee-tracker/ https://ourpublicservice.org/political-appointee-tracker/
In particular:
> President Biden put forward more nominees in his first year than President Donald Trump and about as many as President George W. Bush and Barack Obama. But it took on average 103 days for the Senate to confirm a Biden nominee, compared with 100 days for Trump, 80 for Obama and just 48 for Bush.
That various departments and agencies are taking longer to get things done shouldn't be surprising when the appointments are either being slow walked or held up.