The president has yet to nominate people for nearly 140 top-level positions, which experts say is hampering his long-term goals.
Only 56 percent of the key positions in the Department of Homeland Security that require nomination and confirmation have been filled, according to the tracker. Kirstjen Nielsen has been working without a deputy since she was sworn in as secretary in December 2017.
Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, who tracks presidential appointments for the Brookings Institution, said that"after 26 months, there should be nominees."Trump has blamed the vacancies on Democrats. During his State of the Union address in February, he said a"new era of cooperation" could begin if Democrats"finally" start"confirming the more than 300 highly qualified nominees who are still stuck in the Senate — some after years of waiting.
Some of the vacancies are due to congressional foot-dragging. Trump nominated David Vela to take over the National Park Service in August, but the Senate didn't vote on the career agency employee's nomination before the last session of Congress ended. That means he has to be renominated, but the White House hasn't done so yet.
In the highest echelons of the Executive Office of the President, which includes such positions as the chief of staff, national security adviser and communications director,, Tenpas found — and many of those jobs have been filled multiple times.
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