here you are faulting the democras for tRump's incompetence
his appointees were not timely submitting their paperwork
tRump was not timely submitting their names
in fact, most of the remaining appointments are not filled because tRump has made no effort to fill them. that was his choice
I do not believe that is the case.
The delay on U.S. Trade Representative nominee Robert Lighthizer appears to be purely political. No paperwork holdup on his conformation hearing.
Trump’s pick for Labor secretary, Alex Acosta is understandable his paperwork was not yet completed as of mid March since he was chosen after Pudzer withdrew his nomination.
There is no possible excuse other than political for Dan Coats to have to wait till mid March to be confirmed. The new Director of National Intelligence was overwhelmingly approved in his confirmation and should have been confirmed a lot sooner especially considering the importance of his position.
I believe he has been on the job a whole 15 or so days. Geesh
Purdue for Agriculture Secretary, it was being reported about a week ago that they were waiting on his FBI check and OGE report. Purdue is another one many believe he will sail through confirmation.
The excuse often given by the Democrats for the delays is they are waiting on the reports from the Office of Government ethics to proceed.
An Obama appointee Walter Shaub, is the director of OGE. He was confirmed in 2013. He serves a 5 year term that overlaps presidential elections.
You may recall this involving Walter Shaub at the end of November last year just three weeks after the election.
"A series of tweets on 30 November 2016 from the office's official Twitter account praised President-elect Donald Trump for planning to divest his business holdings in order to resolve potential conflicts of interest, following an announcement where Trump reaffirmed his intent to take himself out of business operations, despite him having made no firm commitment to a divestment like selling his businesses or a blind trust. A number of observers speculated that the office's account might have been hacked, a suggestion it later denied.[2] The New York Times suggested that the apparent misunderstanding behind the postings were deliberately intended to reveal the independent agency had advised Trump's legal counsel that a divestment was the only adequate remedy for resolving any conflict, and, by extension, pressure Trump into doing so.[3] A Freedom of Information Act request by news organization The Daily Dot revealed that OGE Director Walter M. Shaub personally ordered officials within the agency to post the 9 tweets. "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Office_of_Government_Ethics
Talk about ethics!
So everytime a Dem says they are waiting on the OGE report to proceed it is probably true, by design.
Another critical appointee of Trump's has been politically stalled is the Deputy AG.