The United States Senate has a lot of work to do, and President Trump is now pressuring Senate Majority Leader John Thune to keep the Senate at work through what is traditionally a late-summer recess.
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The president is citing urgent executive and judicial appointments as the primary reason for keeping the upper chamber at work.
Senators hoping for an August respite after several weeks of late-night votes may not be in luck, with President Trump asking Majority Leader Sen. John Thune(R-S.D.) Saturday to cancel the chamber’s traditional late-summer recess in order to confirm his executive and judicial appointments.
“Hopefully the very talented John Thune, fresh off our many victories over the past two weeks and, indeed, 6 months, will cancel August recess (and long weekends!), in order to get my incredible nominees confirmed,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “We need them badly!!!”
This could be a tactical move on Trump’s part