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Slows to a Crawl
Confirmations Take Twice as Long Today as They Did During the Reagan Administration
Highlights
The average Senate confirmation process for presidential Trump 115 days
appointments takes more than twice as long under President
Donald Trump (115 days) as it did during President Ronald Reagan 56.4 days
Reagan’s time in office (56.4 days).
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Data compiled by the Center for Presidential Transition from Congress.gov. Only includes confirmed civilian nominations.
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Data compiled by the Center for Presidential Transition from Congress.gov. Only includes confirmed civilian nominations. Cabinet secretaries are
for the 15 Cabinet-level executive branch departments. There were no Cabinet nominations in 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, 2010 and 2012.
Presidents have the most success Average number of days for the Senate to
filling Senate-confirmed positions confirm presidential nominations