Contact Jordan LaPier Director (202) 495-3320 jlapier@ourpublicservice.org Republicans Force Another Biden Nominee – Another Woman – to Withdraw, After Calling Her a ‘Communist’ December 15, 2021 According to the non-partisan Partnership for Public Service, which tracks 803 federal government executive branch positions requiring Senate confirmation, 235 nominations – nearly three in ten (29%) – are sitting in the Senate awaiting confirmation. Just 194 have been confirmed (164 positions have no nominees at all.)