The Senate has confirmed more nominees in the first year of the Biden administration than it did for the same period in the Trump administration, according to a report from the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service’s Center for Presidential Transition. However, the number of confirmations lagged those for both the Obama and Bush administrations, the report said. The report, dated Jan. 10, tracked nominations and confirmations for all civilian positions in the new administration from Jan. 20, 2021, to Dec. 31, 2021, and compared the number and rate of successful appointments to the first years of previous administrations. While President Joe Biden has nominated a higher number of individuals for government positions, 644 compared to Trump’s 555, Congress has only confirmed 355 of Biden’s nominees—a significant drop from the 505 confirmed for President George W. Bush and 450 for President Barack Obama, according to the report. The Epoch Times counted more confirmations …