Dave Hoppe recommends:
My proposal would be to change the Senate rules so that every nominee
would be guaranteed a vote on the floor. The committees would retain an
advisory role, but wouldn’t be able to scuttle a nominee. After a nominee
is submitted to the Senate and has handed in the paperwork, the committee
would have 20 session days to hold a hearing. Then the committee would
have another 20 session days to vote on the nominee. If after these days
have elapsed, the committee has not voted on the nomination, the nominee
would be discharged from the committee and placed on the executive
calendar. Then the full Senate would have 20 session days to vote on the
nominee on the floor. If it has not voted after these days have elapsed,
any senator would be allowed to bring up the nomination for a four-hour
debate and vote. No extended debate would be allowed on a floor vote on a
nomination. Every nominee could get a vote in the Senate after his
nomination has been in the Senate for 60 session days.