Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is assuring his conference that senators won’t lose their power under a rule change that lets the Senate bundle nominees into one large vote.

In an interview, Thune said he has agreed to three or four “protocols” that will govern how leadership moves a batch of nominees across the Senate floor, one of which is to remove names that lack Republican support .

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In theory, bundling nominees together could force senators to vote “yes” on the whole package despite reservations over indi

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