How far can Trump go to get his nominees confirmed?

“I think that this debate has gotten out of hand,” said James Wallner, senior fellow at R Street, a think tank focused on public policy through limited government. “This just isn’t going to happen.”

He said in order for a state of disagreement to exist, the House would have to pass an adjournment resolution, send it to the Senate, the Senate amends the bill and sends it back to the House and the House would disagree with the changes.

“Simply passing the bill and sending it to the Senate and the Senate doing nothing doesn’t mean the Senate disagrees with your bill, it means the Senate’s ignoring you,” Wallner said. “The House can’t force the Senate into a state of disagreement. Only the Senate can do that by acting on whatever the House sends them.”