Senator John Thune has suggested that recess appointments could be a potential strategy to push through President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet appointments. To get around this predicament, Trump could ...

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Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who are all running to become the next Senate GOP leader, say they will do whatever is necessary to allow President-elect ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s call for so-called “recess appointments” of Cabinet members and other officials is the first loyalty test that Senate Republicans are facing as they prepare to vote in ...

Shortly after being elected Senate Majority Leader, Sen. 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 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — As of Nov. 15, the soon-to-be U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he does not favor recess appointments for President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet. “My preference is ...

Senate Republicans are skeptical about fulfilling Donald Trump’s request that the upper chamber allow for recess appointments to sidestep the confirmation process. Trump, who has made a series of ...

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President Donald Trump pressed Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to cancel the monthlong August recess, as well as other “long weekends,” in order to get the rest of his nominees confirmed.