Congressional Democrats claim top Republicans are trying to rush through the selection process for the next head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) — a watchdog agency housed within the legislative branch — in order to let President Donald Trump place one of his allies into the position before Democrats take back control of Congress in January.

A group of top Democrats who are tasked with recommending candidates to be the next head of GAO — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gary Peters (D-MI) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Robert Garcia (D-CA) — put out a statement Wednesday afternoon, saying Republicans gave them “less than 24 hours” to turn in their submissions of candidates.