Here is what we know about recess appointments. A nominee appointed by a president goes through a vetting and approval process usually done by the Senate. This process can take a while.

Though the Senate is tasked with an advice and consent role in the confirmation process, the Constitution's Recess Appointment Clause affords the president the ability to temporarily fill ...

As President-elect Donald Trump begins to assemble his second administration, he’s made it clear he wants his selections to be installed through a Constitutional procedure known as recess ...

Before Senate Republicans elected their leaders for the upcoming 119th Congress, Trump demanded that the candidates agree to recess appointments, which would give him the option of bypassing the ...

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 ...

Ask a group of kids about their favorite part of the school day and many will talk about something that happened at recess. Maybe they finally made it across the monkey bars. Maybe somebody kicked ...

Installing Cabinet picks without Senate vote can be constitutional, experts say By urging the incoming GOP Senate majority to embrace recess appointments to install members of his Cabinet ...

How much recess do kids need? And how much do they get? Ask most parents, educators, and healthcare professionals; they will tell you children need far more recess time than they receive.

Because the Founders had to travel to and from the national capital by horse, they also granted the President the power “to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate.” ...

Can President Trump make recess appointments for nominees the Senate won’t confirm? Incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune says the option is “on the table.” But recess appointments are ...

BAY VILLAGE, Ohio - - Recess at Westerly Elementary School is looking a little different this year -- and it’s all for the better. A new initiative called “Recess Go” brings high school ...

To keep the government staffed, the Constitution allows the president to fill vacancies while the Senate is in recess, but those commissions expire at the end of the next session of Congress.