Senators rushed through a number of nominees for high-level Trump administration economic positions Thursday, as lawmakers sought to make a quick exit from Washington for their August recess.

By voice vote, senators confirmed the top derivatives regulator, several high-ranking Treasury officials and housing regulators.

J. Christopher Giancarlo, the acting chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, received confirmation as chairman. The Senate also approved two other commissioners for the understaffed agency, which is responsible for regulating derivatives markets.

The upper chamber also confirmed five Treasury officials. Among them: Former Bear Stearns economist David Malpass for the top international post, tax consultant David Kautter as the in-house tax expert, and Christopher Campbell, a former staffer to Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, as the assistant secretary for financial institutions.

Two assistant secretaries for the Department of Housing and Urban Development also received confirmation: Neal Rackleff and Anna Maria Farias.

Business groups had been growing restless about the slow pace of confirmations, as Democrats had stopped even noncontroversial nominees from sailing through the chamber. "The breakdown of the confirmation process results in a breakdown in the efficient and effective functioning of government and ultimately to a drag on the economy," the U.S. Chamber of Commerce told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in a letter Thursday.