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Lee wrote > Ted Cruz Spitefully Delaying Biden > Ambassador Nominees Over Russia > Pipeline > Oct 4 > > As of now, only one Biden > administration ambassador has > been confirmed. And the > president has Sen. Ted Cruz > (R-Texas) to thank for the > hold-up. The senator has been > singlehandedly slow-walking > 59 nominees for ambassadorships > and is threatening to delay > more, all over the issue of a > Russian gas pipeline, The New > York Times reported Saturday. > > Its a move one Democratic lawmaker, > Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), called > unprecedented and an undermining > of the national security process in > a statement to the paper. Cruz isnt > just delaying ambassadors > confirmations, he is also blocking > other nominees, some in key national > security positions that remain empty. > Currently, only approximately one in > four key national security jobs have > been filled, although the Times > points out that the Biden > administration was slow to submit > many foreign policy nominees. > > Cruz is accomplishing this by > objecting to the traditional way > Congress handles these nominees, > through unanimous consent. With > his objections, Cruz forces the > process to take hours of Senate > floor time. > > https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ted-cruz-delay-biden > -nominees-russia-pipeline-1236086/ > > > > > > >