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The last time the August recess was scrapped was in 2018, when then-Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) canceled it to ...
President Donald Trump pressed Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to cancel the monthlong August recess, as well as ...
Majority Leader John Thune warned senators in a closed-door lunch Tuesday to be ready for possible votes on nominations next ...
President Trump wanted Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to "cancel August recess (and long weekends!)." Thune met ...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) closed out another week in the Capitol, setting up next week's nominations slog ...
Senators hoping for an August respite after several weeks of late-night votes may not be in luck, with President Trump asking ...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said on Monday that he is open to President Trump’s call to cancel the August ...
Congress is typically out of session for the whole month of August. Now, Trump wants them to abandon those plans and stay in ...
Senate Republicans are weighing whether to heed President Trump’s call to cancel some or all of the August recess to approve ...
Senate Republicans consider shortening August recess following Trump's request to confirm more nominees, with Senate Majority ...
Senate Republicans are miffed that their House counterparts are leaving Washington early while they remain for at least ...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is stuck between the public, painful demands from President Trump to cancel the August recess and the pleas of members to let them go home. Why it matters: For ...