. . . that would bring the number of political appointees under control.

There’s also S. 3088, a bill recently introduced to reduce the number of executive branch political appointments.

If you want to learn more about alllll the appointing the president gets to do, take a look at the Plum Book. It’s the list of over 7,000 federal civil service positions (in both the legislative and executive branches) that may be subject to noncompetitive appointment.

Here’s the current vote on S. 3088. Click to vote, comment, learn more, or edit the wiki article about the bill.