A small but growing number of Senate Democrats are using their power to gum up the works as Donald Trump’s administration continues to flout the orders of federal judges and cut programs which its critcs argue the president’s appointees lack the constitutional standing to end.
Though the minority party lacks the numbers to actually block any of the president’s political appointments without the support of several Republican defections, several senators are signaling that they plan to slow down business in the chamber unless the White House starts listening to them.
