Next week, barring an unlikely event, the confirmation process for Kimberly Gilfoil to the position of US Ambassador to Greece will take place in the US Senate.

As ERT reports, Senate Majority Leader John Thune filed a resolution essentially taking the first procedural steps to clear Democratic delays in confirming President Donald Trump‘s nominees.

Republicans plan to trigger the so-called “nuclear option” to unilaterally change Senate rules and allow blanket confirmation of officials whose nominations have been pending for months.