FILE – In this Oct. 6 2021, file photo Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, accompanied by from left, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington to speak about immigration at the U.S.- Mexico boarder. About 36% of President Joe Biden’s nominees have been confirmed by the Senate so far in the evenly divided Senate, a deterioration from the paltry 38% success rate that former President Donald Trump saw at the same stage of his presidency. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)