With President-elect Trump building his Cabinet, the idea of recess appointments has been floated, but what are they and how ...

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Trump is demanding that Republican leaders in the Senate, who will hold a majority in the chamber next year, agree to allow recess appointments. It would be a significant shift in power away from ...

Donald Trump is considering recess appointments to skip over Senate confirmations for even some of the most powerful ...

President-elect Trump’s victory is an end to business as usual in Washington. His desire to use recess appointment authority is a clear expression of how serious he is about making the federal ...

With some of his selections sparking controversy, Trump has also been coming in hot on his desire to use "recess appointments" to bypass Senate approval and quickly put his choices in place.

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 ...

Trump over the weekend demanded that Republican leaders in the Senate, who will hold a majority in the chamber next year, agree to allow recess appointments. It would be a significant shift in ...

Rick Scott (R-FL) and John Cornyn (R-TX). All three men said they would agree to allow recess appointments throughout Trump’s term. “Any Republican Senator seeking the coveted LEADERSHIP ...

Trump over the weekend demanded that Republican leaders in the Senate, who will hold a majority in the chamber next year, agree to allow recess appointments. It would be a significant shift in ...