Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Monday said he was prepared to change the chamber’s rules to expedite the confirmation process, decrying Democrats’ “historic obstruction” in blocking President Trump’s nominees. “Democrats have destroyed Senate precedent — and we’re going to fix it,” he said on the floor, teeing up a rule change that can be approved with a simple majority, known as the “nuclear option.” The rule change would allow the Senate to confirm sub-Cabinet executive branch nom