Conspicuous failure to see that the laws are faithfully executed

Even the GOP is sick of Trump’s Cabinet of unconfirmed lackeys

Two years after Trump took office, seven of the top roles in his administration are filled by acting heads who haven’t been confirmed by the Senate. 

They include an acting chief of staff, an acting attorney general, an acting secretary of defense, an acting secretary of the Interior, an acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, and an acting head of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Those acting heads came in after a number of top Trump administration officials either resigned in disgrace following ethical scandals, were pushed out by Trump for not being loyal, or merely quit because they had enough of working in Trump’s chaotic White House.

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Trump hasn’t even tried to nominate people to fill 150 out of 750 other top roles in federal agencies that require Senate confirmation. 

Without permanent replacements for those roles, the Post reported that some Cabinet agencies are using questionable legal workarounds to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act — a 1998 law that bans people from serving in an acting capacity for more than 300 days.

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If Trump either can’t or won’t do the basic work required to keep the federal government staffed and functional, it’s no wonder even some of his allies in Congress are getting nervous.