Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says putting the Senate into an extended recess to allow President Trump to make ...

Senate Republicans are weighing rule changes and recess appointments to overcome a growing backlog of President Trump’s ...

In an exclusive interview with The Post Wednesday, Thune said “at some point” the Senate will have to change the nominations ...

According to CSPAN's Craig Caplan, "Senate just agreed by unanimous consent at the request of Majority Leader Thune to hold pro forma sessions every 3 days following today’s session and not return for ...

A decision by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to schedule pro forma sessions throughout the August recess which will ...

Senate Republicans and conservative activists are divided over whether GOP leadership is doing enough to fully utilize all ...

Trump had floated recess appointments at the start of his term as a way to push through some of his more controversial ...

Fed-up Senate Republicans are starting to whisper about recess appointments again as Democrats stonewall them on nominees, ...

"Historically bad nominees deserve historic levels of scrutiny," Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer maintained.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) blasted the trade deal negotiated between the United States and the European ...

The massive backlog of nominees comes just ahead of the Senate's summer recess, which lasts from Aug. 4 to Sept. 1.