McConnell Dismisses Trump's Call to Adjourn Congress to Make Federal Appointments
President Trump raised the possibility that he could invoke Article 2, Section 3 of the Constitution to adjourn Congress in order to make recess federal appointments, a never-before-used presidential power that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) suggested he would not support.
Trump proposed during the White House coronavirus press briefing on Wednesday that he would use his “very strong power” to “exercise my Constitutional authority to adjourn both chambers of Congress.”
“As the entire US government works to combat the global pandemic, it is absolutely essential that key positions at relevant federal agencies are fully staffed, and we’re not allowing that to take place through our Congress,” Trump explained, saying he had 129 nominees “stuck in the Senate because of partisan obstruction.”
Congress, currently in recess until May 4, is still having pro-forma sessions in which any lawmaker can object to a motion — preventing the president from pushing through vacancy appointments.
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In a statement Wednesday night, McConnell said he shared the president’s “frustration with the process,” but admitted that “under Senate rules,” confirmation processes “will take consent from Leader Schumer,” suggesting he did not agree with the means proposed by the White House.
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You've lost Moscow Mitch Trumpy, on this issue at least.
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