Chris Piper
@chrispiper.bsky.social
Manager at Partnership for Public Service’s Center for Presidential Transition | PhD Vanderbilt University | Presidency, Executive Branch, Appointments | 🏳️🌈| Opinions my own
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Chris Piper
@chrispiper.bsky.social
· Oct 10
Will the new Senate rule make it easier for presidents to confirm their teams? | Brookings
En bloc voting will not significantly speed up the overall process, but can have an impact at the final stage, the floor vote.
www.brookings.edu
New @brookings.edu post out by @kdunntenpas.bsky.social and I examines the Senate’s rules change to allow en bloc consideration of nominees. While it is unlikely to dramatically speed up the overall process, it could make a noticeable difference in the time the Senate spends voting on the floor.
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The Inspector General system is basically broken now. Most IGs have been fired, most positions remain vacant. Those who remain or would take the job pose no risk to holding the regime accountable.
Congress added more barriers to Trump firing IGs after his first term. He just ignored them.
Congress added more barriers to Trump firing IGs after his first term. He just ignored them.
October 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The Inspector General system is basically broken now. Most IGs have been fired, most positions remain vacant. Those who remain or would take the job pose no risk to holding the regime accountable.
Congress added more barriers to Trump firing IGs after his first term. He just ignored them.
Congress added more barriers to Trump firing IGs after his first term. He just ignored them.
New post by me out today at the Partnership for Public Service highlights how Inspectors General have come under fire during the second Trump administration. Trump’s extensive purges and the resulting vacancies weaken accountability and independent oversight of numerous federal agencies.
President Trump’s firing of inspectors general threatens government accountability and efficiency
A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working towards effective government for the American people.
ourpublicservice.org
October 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
New post by me out today at the Partnership for Public Service highlights how Inspectors General have come under fire during the second Trump administration. Trump’s extensive purges and the resulting vacancies weaken accountability and independent oversight of numerous federal agencies.
New @brookings.edu post out by @kdunntenpas.bsky.social and I examines the Senate’s rules change to allow en bloc consideration of nominees. While it is unlikely to dramatically speed up the overall process, it could make a noticeable difference in the time the Senate spends voting on the floor.
Will the new Senate rule make it easier for presidents to confirm their teams? | Brookings
En bloc voting will not significantly speed up the overall process, but can have an impact at the final stage, the floor vote.
www.brookings.edu
October 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
New @brookings.edu post out by @kdunntenpas.bsky.social and I examines the Senate’s rules change to allow en bloc consideration of nominees. While it is unlikely to dramatically speed up the overall process, it could make a noticeable difference in the time the Senate spends voting on the floor.
Reposted by Chris Piper
Was triggering the nuclear option in early September worth it? See research by me and @chrispiper.bsky.social to find out. www.brookings.edu/articles/wil...
Will the new Senate rule make it easier for presidents to confirm their teams? | Brookings
En bloc voting will not significantly speed up the overall process, but can have an impact at the final stage, the floor vote.
www.brookings.edu
October 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Was triggering the nuclear option in early September worth it? See research by me and @chrispiper.bsky.social to find out. www.brookings.edu/articles/wil...
Happy to share my first @brookings.edu FixGov piece was published today. I take stock of the Senate confirmation process at the 200-day mark of the Trump administration. Among the key findings is the unprecedented degree to which Trump’s nominees have faced procedural barriers.
August 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Happy to share my first @brookings.edu FixGov piece was published today. I take stock of the Senate confirmation process at the 200-day mark of the Trump administration. Among the key findings is the unprecedented degree to which Trump’s nominees have faced procedural barriers.
New report out by me and my team. We conducted interviews with former nominees of Senate-confirmed positions to highlight the stark challenges faced by nominees, their families and the agencies they aim to serve. presidentialtransition.org/reports-publ...
Ready, Set…Wait: Nominee Experiences through the Senate Confirmation Process
presidentialtransition.org
April 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New report out by me and my team. We conducted interviews with former nominees of Senate-confirmed positions to highlight the stark challenges faced by nominees, their families and the agencies they aim to serve. presidentialtransition.org/reports-publ...
New blog out by me that explores historical trends in the consideration of Cabinet secretaries. 1/ presidentialtransition.org/confirming-t...
Confirming the Cabinet: Historical Trends of Cabinet Secretary Confirmations Across the Last Five Presidential Administrations
The president’s Cabinet secretaries are among the most important and public-facing leaders within any administration. Unlike White House staff members who can be appointed unilaterally by the presiden...
presidentialtransition.org
January 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
New blog out by me that explores historical trends in the consideration of Cabinet secretaries. 1/ presidentialtransition.org/confirming-t...