Senate Republicans get back to work Tuesday with a lengthy list of priorities, including government funding and getting dozens of President Donald Trump’s picks for positions confirmed, reports The Hill.

The Senate’s executive calendar has 145 pending nominations, and many are being blocked by Democrats.

“We all agree that we’ve got to break the logjam that [Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer] has created by him filibustering every single nominee except [Secretary of State] Marco Rubio,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., recently said.

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