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This time around, Trump wants the Senate to give up that gatekeeping role and allow him to make "recess appointments," even though his Republicans will control the chamber next year with at least ...

A recess appointment is a temporary appointment made by the President of the United States to fill a vacant federal position while the United States Senate is in recess. Article II, Section 2 of the U ...

WHAT HAS TRUMP CALLED FOR? This time around, Trump wants the Senate to give up that gatekeeping role and allow him to make "recess appointments," even though his Republicans will control the ...

THE MOVE SHOCKIN As President-elect Donald Trump moves to set up a more forceful presidency than in his first term, he is choosing loyalists for his Cabinet and considering a tool known as recess ...

Thune supports President-elect Trump's idea of using what are called recess appointments to push through cabinet nominees without the Senate debating or voting on them.

This is designed to serve as a form of checks and balances on the power of the presidency. A recess appointment, however, allow presidents to install their nominee to the position while the Senate ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Stephen Neukam, Axios Congressional reporter, talked about recess appointments and their connection to pro forma sessions. Stephen Neukam ...

Ahead of Wednesday’s leadership elections, Trump and his allies have pushed the candidates to potentially allow recess appointments to his Cabinet and other positions, which experts said would ...