Contact Amanda Farnan Press Secretary (774) 571–3639 afarnan@ourpublicservice.org McConnell moves to change Senate rules to speed up confirmation of Trump nominees March 28, 2019 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is setting up a major fight in the Senate next week over the chamber’s rules, as Republicans plan to deploy a controversial procedural maneuver to speed up consideration of hundreds of lower-level Trump administration nominees.