With Congress on recess throughout the month of August, President Donald Trump’s political nominees will see their confirmations stalled for weeks, without the prospect of a recess appointment to clear the backlog due to a procedural tool that Republican leaders may employ to stop him.
President Donald Trump, for his part, urged Senate Majority Leader John Thune to cancel the August recess and to have the upper chamber work through the weekends to confirm the backlog of presidential nominees. Thune plans to keep the Senate open through the first weekend of August, but not likely long enough to clear the nominee queue.
The Senate GOP has largely blamed the Democrats for not permitting voice votes or simple unanimous consent to approve routine nominees, but has stopped shy of materially changing course.
“Senate Democrats have not allowed a single [presidential] nominee to be confirmed by voice vote or unanimous consent—the first time in recorded history this has happened,” the Senate Republicans account posted this week. “We will get President Trump’s team confirmed despite Democrats’ historic obstruction.”
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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