Trump Tells GOP to Bypass Senate Confirmation Process

Donald Trump wants his incoming party leadership to agree to recess appointments even though Republicans control the Senate.

The once and future president is pushing Republicans to systematically abdicate the Senate's constitutional role in vetting his nominees.

Recess appointments would allow Donald Trump to bypass the Senate confirmation process, allowing him to install nominees without ...

In a post on X Sunday, ...

Leadership hopefuls have flirted with giving President-elect Donald Trump power to avoid the confirmation process for his Cabinet nominees.

President-elect Donald Trump is demanding Republican senators vying to be majority leader support recess appointments for his nominees — a ...

Trump urges support from Rick Scott, John Thune and John Cornyn for 'recess appointments' while US Senate is paused.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Edward Whelan of the Ethics and Public Policy Center about President-elect Trump's influence on Senate ...

Experts say the president-elect, in pushing for recess appointments, is asking the Senate to abdicate its constitutional duty to confirm or ...

As Senate Republicans prepare to vote Wednesday on a new majority leader, Trump is already weighing in with demands for recess appointments.

President-elect Donald Trump involved himself publicly in the Senate leadership race for the first time, writing in a post on TruthSocial ...

In a post on X Sunday, President-elect Donald Trump wrote that the next Republican Senate majority leader needs to agree to what are called ...

Nominees can face a lengthy Senate vetting process before taking office, though Trump may try to upend that exercise in some cases.

Incoming president says next GOP leader must agree to permit recess appointments to speed up filling posts.

President-elect Donald J. Trump is seeking to circumvent the long and drawn-out process of having to submit nominations to the Senate for ...

President-elect says leadership candidates must agree to allow him to bypass Senate confirmation votes for appointees.

Trump is demanding an important change to the Senate confirmation process. The change would be a major blow to the system of checks and ...

Several Republican senators expressed shock on Wednesday when Donald Trump announced he would nominate Matt Gaetz, the hard-right congressman ...

Despite enjoying a 53-47 majority in the next Senate, Donald Trump called for any Republican senator seeking the position of majority leader ...

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