Sen. Mike Lee (R., Utah) is blocking the confirmation of Joseph Macmanus, a career foreign service officer nominated to the post of U.S. ambassador to Colombia.
“Sen. Lee still has his hold on Macmanus, and we have no plans to lift it,” Lee’s spokesman told the Washington Free Beacon Friday.
Senators can single-handedly prevent any presidential nominee from receiving a vote on the Senate floor through a parliamentary procedure known simply as a “hold.”
The hold can last for the rest of the congressional year and force President Trump to either nominate a new person for the role or wait until January when a new Congress begins to nominate Macmanus again.
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