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More than 150 of President Donald Trump's nominees for positions throughout the federal government await Senate confirmation ...
Lawmakers will use much of September to work on spending bills for the coming budget year, which begins Oct. 1.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says putting the Senate into an extended recess to allow President Trump to make ...
As Congress begins its summer recess, concerns grow over its ability to pass a full-year budget by the end of September, with ...
WASHINGTON — Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is urging his Senate colleagues to cancel August recess and continue confirming President ...
The massive backlog of nominees comes just ahead of the Senate's summer recess, which lasts from Aug. 4 to Sept. 1.
Trump had floated recess appointments at the start of his term as a way to push through some of his more controversial ...
The Senate Republican leader says he will find a new way forward to speed up the confirmation process for nominees.
2. Recess appointments are written in the Constitution The Recess Appointments Clause in the U.S. Constitution allows the president to make temporary appointments while the Senate is not in ...
Senate Republicans are miffed that their House counterparts are leaving Washington early while they remain for at least ...
The Senate on Friday broke a multiday impasse by passing the first three fiscal 2026 spending bills, the first time the upper ...