Senate Puts Trump Team In Place, Sets Up Agenda Fight After 100-day Sprint

The Senate, by its ain standards, is concluding 1 of its astir productive periods successful caller history astatine nan adjacent of President Donald Trump’s first 100 days. 

The Republican-controlled Senate, which returned from a two-week recess connected Monday, confirmed each of Trump’s apical nominees, including arguable picks for illustration Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. 

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A side-by-side of nan U.S. Capitol and President Donald Trump. (Getty Images/AP Images)

The Senate worked for 13 of nan first 14 weeks, concluding its longest consecutive convention successful 15 years. It confirmed 53 of Trump’s nominees — outpacing President Joe Biden’s 2021 confirmation complaint and surpassing 2017’s pace. 

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President Donald Trump signs an executive bid successful nan Oval Office of nan White House connected Wednesday, April 23, 2025 successful Washington, D.C. (AP NEWSROOM)

Despite important procedural hurdles from Democrats, galore nominees received bipartisan support. The GOP Senate besides adopted 2 frameworks for Trump’s "big, beautiful bill." 

However, only 5 bills passed into law, partially owed to Trump’s reliance connected executive orders and nan Senate’s attraction connected confirming his team. 

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Two notable laws were passed: 1 to avert a authorities shutdown and nan Laken Riley Act.