Senate Republicans and conservative activists are divided over whether GOP leadership is doing enough to fully utilize all available options to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominees. Senate Majority Leader John Thune currently has two strategic paths he can pursue to more quickly advance the confirmation of Trump’s nominees,

The GOP leader is facing his own pressure from Trump, who has publicly called on Republicans to cancel the August recess to confirm more nominees. Trump also criticized Senate Republicans on social media this week for continuing with the so-called “blue slip” process that allows home state senators to approve or block some judicial nominees.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump’s call to disregard a Senate tradition to expedite the confirmations of his US attorney and federal judge nominees.