Unless something unexpected occurs, the U.S. Senate is expected to begin proceedings to confirm Kimberly Guilfoyle as the next American ambassador to Greece.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune introduced a resolution, effectively taking the first procedural steps to break through the Democrats’ delays in confirming President Donald Trump’s nominees.

Republicans are preparing to invoke the so-called “nuclear option,” allowing them to unilaterally change Senate rules in order to approve in bulk a series of appointments that have been pending for months.