Confirmation

As the senate prepares for the upcoming confirmation hearings things will be different this time. Each of Trump's nominees are coming in with a mandate to shake up the system and this will be of grave concern to many senators. If you, as a senator, have been receiving campaign funds from one lobby group and now your area is under assault, you will be under a lot of pressure to not confirm any nominee who might threaten your source of income. Normally the incoming nominees are already a part of the system and not likely to make any drastic changes but not this time. Interest groups spent a record $4.2 billion lobbying federal lawmakers in 2023, led by the pharmaceutical and health products industries.