(Bloomberg) -- Schoolchildren can’t wait for recess. The US Senate goes to great lengths to avoid it. A recess, for the Senate, means giving up power to the president — especially the power they share ...

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 ...

You may have heard Trump promoting “recess appointments” lately. That provision allows the president to fill important government vacancies when Congress is not in session. It’s essentially ...

A recess appointment is a temporary appointment made by the President of the United States to fill a vacant federal position while the United States Senate is in recess. Article II, Section 2 of the U ...

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.

It is also designed to rule out corrupt or unqualified nominees. There is, however, an exception to this process - recess appointments - which Trump appears intent to use to ensure his ...

John Thune (R-SD) said he'd like to see President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet members go through the standard confirmation hearings, but he made clear that options like recess appointments ...

Ahead of Wednesday’s leadership elections, Trump and his allies have pushed the candidates to potentially allow recess appointments to his Cabinet and other positions, which experts said would ...

“Any Republican Senator seeking the coveted LEADERSHIP position in the United States Senate must agree to Recess Appointments,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, adding that he wants ...

On November 10th he tweeted that any Republican hoping to become majority leader of the newly elected Senate, which takes office in January, should allow him to make “Recess Appointments”.

The fact that recess appointments have emerged as an early litmus test in the race for Senate GOP leader could be an ...