Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is set to deploy a parliamentary maneuver later this week to expedite confirmation of roughly 40 lower-level nominees.

The strategy draws on precedents set by Harry Reid in 2013 and Mitch McConnell in 2017, which altered the filibuster rules for executive and Supreme Court nominations, respectively.

Thune’s approach involves a procedural gambit where a failed vote to break a filibuster allows him to demand a revote and assert that only a simple majority, rather than 60 votes, is required for the resolution.

If successful, this maneuver would establish a new Senate precedent, effectively lowering the filibuster threshold for batches of lower-level nominees while leaving cabinet and judicial nominations unaffected, Fox News has reported.

The plan aims to confirm all of the targeted nominees by mid-September, demonstrating how Senate rules and procedural strategies can dramatically influence the pace of confirmations even in a closely divided chamber.