In a rare procedural move, the House and Senate briefly convened in mostly empty chambers today to prevent President Donald ...

Congressional Republicans aren’t ready to cede power to President Donald Trump to swiftly install nominees during recesses ...

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 ...

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

McLaughlin, however, took issue with Lee’s pushing for recess appointments. “At that point, the Senate may as well disband.” ...

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

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) faces a difficult test in rallying GOP colleagues to change the Senate’s rules to ...

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

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

The Senate confirmed some nominees Saturday, but left many others hanging before starting their August recess.

More than 150 of President Donald Trump's nominees for positions throughout the federal government await Senate confirmation ...

Senate leaders failed to reach a bipartisan deal to speed through more of President Trump's nominees — so senators are ...