Senate Republicans are coalescing around a plan that would allow them to confirm scores of President Trump’s nominees in batches in the coming weeks as they look to skirt the nomination blockade put up by Democrats.

Republicans indicated Wednesday they are prepared to move quickly on a proposal to invoke the so-called “nuclear option” to change the Senate rules and allow lawmakers to confirm with a single vote 10 or more nominees who received bipartisan support in the same committee. They are also examining options to bypass the extensive floor consideration the nominations currently require.

While the decision is not final and details are still being ironed out, Republicans are overwhelmingly moving in this direction. The conference huddled for its weekly policy luncheon Wednesday, which was combined with a special meeting to discuss the future of nominations.

“I think everybody’s pretty united in moving forward, and actually moving forward pretty quickly,” said Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), who is part of a working group that has been attempting to find a remedy to the issue. “‘En bloc’ is definitely top of the list.”

“I think we’re coalescing around a proposal to be able to move a number of nominees who … either have bipartisan votes or those positions have just never been objected to like they’re being objected to, so we want to move forward,” he continued.

The proposal is based on one Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) rolled out two years ago. It would have allowed the party........

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