Advice and consent - Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote. International treaties include trade as well. Trump hasn't had any trade treaties brought to the US Senate for a vote. I would think that if there are an exceptionally large number of vacant government offices it would indicate a need to remind the president of his responsibilities. McConnell never did that in a letter to document the request. The more one looks at the lack of action by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the more it is obvious he isn't interested in the country. He is interested in the power and his own family's wealth. Why does that sound familiar? Taking an example from Kushner? May 6, 2018 By Margaret Hartmann ...So is Chao the rare Trump official (click here) who’s doing her job and not abusing her office in any way? Apparently not. Politico reported on Sunday that since her nomination, she’s appeared in at least a dozen interviews with her father James Chao, the founder and chairman of the Foremost Group shipping company, which carries goods between Asia and the U.S. All of the interviews are with Chinese and Chinese-American media outlets, and the secretary is otherwise press shy; she’s never held a press conference for beat reporters and usually refuses to answer reporters’ questions after public events. Federal employees are prohibited from using their office for their “own private gain, for the endorsement of any product, service or enterprise, or for the private gain of friends, relatives, or persons with whom the employee is affiliated in a nongovernmental capacity.” But Chao makes no apparent effort to show she’s promoting her family’s business only as a daughter, not as U.S. Transportation secretary, and in fact, it appears several of the videos were filmed in her government office. DOT flags are shown in several of the spots, like the New China Press interview below, and one video features the state flag of Kentucky, highlighting her tie to the majority leader.... It is really curious that McConnell is elected term after term. The people of Kentucky love the Affordable Care Act. There is every indication it has benefited the health of citizens of that state, yet McConnell will act to cause it to be reduced to rubble so the people of Kentucky are left without a health care option. McConnell touts he saves coal jobs. He never saved one coal job in all his years in government. Coal jobs have been replaced by automation and the people of Kentucky need new jobs and retraining, but, every time he runs for office he lies continually to the people of Kentucky as if the entire state's economy relies on coal jobs. Mitch McConnell is calling himself the Grim Reaper. He sure does seem to own up to that name.