{"id":2469429,"date":"2025-07-31T23:21:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T03:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-senate-must-stay-in-session-to-confirm-all-nominees\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T23:21:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T03:21:55","slug":"trump-says-senate-must-stay-in-session-to-confirm-all-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-senate-must-stay-in-session-to-confirm-all-nominees\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Senate &#8216;must&#8217; stay in session to confirm all nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-senate-must-stay-in-session-to-confirm-all-nominees%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2469429&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump urged Senate Republicans to remain in session thru the summer recess rather of taking a monthlong break, in order to confirm his numerous pending nominees awaiting Senate approval. With over 160 nominees ready for votes out of roughly 1,300 total, Trump emphasized the urgency to clear the Executive Calendar without delay, warning that the country must be protected from what he called the &#8220;Lunatic Left.&#8221; Senate majority Leader John Thune is considering plans, including possible Senate rule changes or recess appointments, to expedite confirmations, but such changes would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-some-democrats-warn-about-border-crisis-bidens-dhs-head-downplays-it-we-are-not-saying-dont-come-we-are-saying-dont-come-now\/\" title=\"As Some Democrats Warn About Border Crisis, Biden\u2019s DHS Head Downplays It: \u2018We Are Not Saying Don\u2019t Come, We Are Saying Don\u2019t Come Now\u2019\">require bipartisan support<\/a>. Some Republican senators, like Mike Lee, also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-silent-on-memo-to-cancel-student-debt\/\" title=\"Biden Silent on Memo to Cancel Student Debt\">support canceling<\/a> the recess to overcome Democratic obstruction of Trump&#8217;s nominees. The Senate has confirmed only 118 nominees so far, highlighting delays that the GOP seeks to address ahead of the Senate&#8217;s scheduled August recess.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump says Senate &lsquo;must&rsquo; stay in session to confirm all nominees: &lsquo;No recess&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2178506\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Thursday called on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Senate Republicans<\/a> to stay in session instead of taking a monthlong recess in order to confirm his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nominations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"nominees\">nominees<\/a> who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/possible-biden-pick-for-nec-scrubs-twitter-feed\/\" title=\"Possible Biden Pick for NEC Scrubs Twitter Feed\">require confirmation<\/a> from the upper chamber.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Senate must stay in Session, taking no recess, until the entire Executive Calendar is CLEAR!!!&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114951007246294127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wrote\">wrote<\/a> on Truth Social. &ldquo;We have to save our Country from the Lunatic Left. Republicans, for the health and safety of the USA, DO YOUR JOB, and confirm All Nominees. They should NOT BE FORCED TO WAIT.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3487868\/senate-republicans-bipartisan-deal-speed-up-trump-nominee-votes\/\">Senate Republicans eye bipartisan deal to speed up Trump nominee votes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3487034\/senate-democrats-late-push-drive-gop-epstein-files-headache\/\">Senate Democrats make late push to drive GOP&rsquo;s Epstein files headache<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3487199\/royalty-transparency-act-approved-by-senate-committee\/\">Royalty Transparency Act approved by Senate committee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Of the estimated 1,300 nominees requiring Senate confirmation, more than 160 nominees are ready for a vote.<\/p>\n<p>The massive backlog of nominees comes just ahead of the Senate&rsquo;s summer recess, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/2025_schedule.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"expected to last\">expected to last<\/a> from Aug. 4 to Sept. 1. If Senate Republicans obliged Trump&rsquo;s request, they would forgo their time off.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3476601\/trump-pushes-thune-cancel-august-recess\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"repeatedly pushed\">repeatedly pushed<\/a> Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-thune\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"John Thune\">John Thune<\/a> (R-SD) to cancel recess to get his second<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >-term nominees confirmed quickly<\/a>. Thune has said he is open to the idea.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE &ndash; President Donald Trump talks to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), left, and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), right, after he spoke to the National Prayer Breakfast, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The GOP leader is presently working on a plan to change the Senate rules to expedite the confirmation of hundreds of nominees, but such a plan would require bipartisan support. Republicans would need 67 votes, meaning at least 14 Democrats would have to support the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3485781\/senate-republicans-weigh-rule-changes-recess-appointments-trump-nominees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"rule change\">rule change<\/a> if all Republicans voted in favor.<\/p>\n<p>Recess appointments, in which Trump would fill open positions with temporary appointments while the Senate is not in session, are also &ldquo;on the table,&rdquo; Thune said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Fixing the rules, not just for now, but for the long term would be a better solution for it,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;But at this point right now, I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-bidens-performance-was-so-bad-people-started-to-wonder-if-he-hallucinated-audience-during-debate\/\" title=\"Watch: Biden&#039;s Performance Was So Bad, People Started to Wonder if He Hallucinated Audience During Debate\">wouldn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t say we&rsquo;re taking any options off the table.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3487868\/senate-republicans-bipartisan-deal-speed-up-trump-nominee-votes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"SENATE REPUBLICANS EYE BIPARTISAN DEAL TO SPEED UP TRUMP NOMINEE VOTES\">SENATE REPUBLICANS EYE BIPARTISAN DEAL TO SPEED UP TRUMP NOMINEE VOTES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Senate has confirmed only 118 nominees as of Thursday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.republicanleader.senate.gov\/nominations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Thune's website\">Thune&rsquo;s website<\/a>. The slow confirmation process has prompted some Republican senators, like Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), to call for the cancellation of recess.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Senate Republicans can stop Democrat obstruction of President Trump&rsquo;s nominees by simply working through recess until they&rsquo;ve had enough,&rdquo; Lee <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenMikeLee\/status\/1950975112812888461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted\">posted<\/a> on X. &ldquo;If Democrats win, it&rsquo;s because we let them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2178506\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2178506\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump urges Senate to stay in session, confirm all nominees now<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2469430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/trump-senate-recess-scaled-e1754017423584-1024x592.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[16629,8163,5894,3740,3634],"class_list":["post-2469429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-confirmation","tag-nominees","tag-politics","tag-senate","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/trump-senate-recess-scaled-e1754017423584-1024x592.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2469429"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2469433,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2469429\/revisions\/2469433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2469430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2469429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2469429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2469429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}