John Barrasso threatens the nuclear option in the Trump force test of Democrats

First on Fox: The whip of the majority of the Senate, John Barrasso, is ready to become nuclear on the Democrats of the Senate and their blockade of the candidates of President Donald Trump.

Before leaving Washington, DC, to their respective states, the Senate Republicans were about to make an agreement with their colleagues through the aisle to conclude an agreement to bring tens of Trump choices for non -controversial positions.

But these talks collapsed when Trump has attacked other negotiations on the financing of requests from the head of the Senate minority, Chuck Schumer, DN.Y. Currently, there are 145 nominations pending on the Senate’s executive calendar, this number should ball when the upper bed for business.

The GOP of the Senate is ready to become nuclear after the “political extortion” of Schumer of candidates

Senator John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Is addressed to journalists during weekly lunches in Capitol Hill on June 24, 2025 in Washington. (Katopodis Tasos)

Legislators are expected to return Tuesday, and Barrasso, R-Wyo., Wishes immediately to tackle the dilemma of the appointment. He is engaged in a public pressure campaign, writing an editorial for the Wall Street Journal Calling Schumer directly.

Meanwhile, he facilitated talks between the Senate Republicans on the best way to follow, and told Fox News Digital in an interview that, at this stage, he is ready to do everything necessary to see the choices of the confirmed president.

“We must either obtain a lot of cooperation from democrats, or we will have to relaunch them with changes in the rules that we will be able to make unilaterally, as well as President Trump making appointments against corners,” he said.

The Democrats of the Senate, under the direction of Schumer, do not however play Ball.

Schumer, in response to the public blow of Barrasso against him and the Democrats of the Senate, supported in a press release according to which “historically bad candidates deserve a historic level of control of the Democrats of the Senate”.

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The head of the Senate minority, Chuck Schumer, Dn.y., turned to an assistant at a press conference in Capitol in Washington on June 3, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP)

“Whoever appointed by President Trump is, in Schumer’s words,” historically bad “. Why? Because they were appointed by President Trump,” Barrasso retaliated. “This is his only criterion for which these people have gone and obstructed, each of them, even those who leave the committee, many of whom, many of whom are with bipartite support.”

The unilateral modification of the rules, or the nuclear option, would allow the Republicans to make adjustments to the confirmation process without aid of the Democrats, but it could also inquire of other negotiations on the key elements which would require that their support were advancing beyond the Flibustier of the Senate.

Barrasso was not worried, however, to take this route, however, and noted that the candidates that he and other Republicans envisaged specifically would be “positions of level of sub-capation” and ambassadors.

For the discussion, there are changes in the debate time, what type of candidate could be eligible for a faster process and to give to the presidential track to make play meetings, which would force the Senate to embark on recess and allow Trump to make appointments on a temporary basis.

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President Donald Trump listens to a question of a journalist from James Brady’s press design room at the White House on August 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP photo / Mark Schiefelbein)

“When you take a look at that right now, you need a 30 -minute vote to get the clot, then two hours of debate, then another 30 -minute vote,” said Barrasso. “Well, it’s three hours, and it’s time when you can’t do a legislation, you can’t do any of the other things.”

But there is a menu of key elements that the congress will have to face its return, in particular the deadline to finance the government by September 30.

Barrasso recognized this reality, and noted that it was because of the high calendar that he wanted a change of rules to be highlighted and at the center.

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“There will be no time for-or there will be limited time, I should say, to ensure that people through the appointment process, which will simply drag, and you will have more people with audiences and the exit of the committees,” he said.

“This order book will worsen this traffic jam on the Schumer toll cabin. So we are going to do something, because it cannot bear.”