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BumRushDaShow

(156,766 posts) Sun Jul 20, 2025, 06:45 AM 18 hrs ago

Trump calls on Thune to cancel Senate's August recess to confirm his nominees

Source: The Hill

07/19/25 8:01 PM ET

Senators hoping for an August respite after several weeks of late-night votes may not be in luck, with President Trump asking Majority Leader Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) Saturday to cancel the chamber’s traditional late-summer recess in order to confirm his executive and judicial appointments.

“Hopefully the very talented John Thune, fresh off our many victories over the past two weeks and, indeed, 6 months, will cancel August recess (and long weekends!), in order to get my incredible nominees confirmed,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “We need them badly!!!”

Senators are currently scheduled to confirm six Trump appointments on Monday and advance his pick to lead the Drug Enforcement Agency. Right now, members are set to take the month of August off.

The threat to cancel the recess could push senators to avoid stonewalling appointments. Trump’s most high-stakes nominees include Emil Bove, a lawyer for the Justice Department, to be a judge on a federal appeals court. Jeanine Pirro, a former Fox News host, is also up to be the top federal prosecutor in D.C.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5410281-trump-calls-on-thune-to-cancel-senates-august-recess-to-confirm-his-nominees/

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Trump calls on Thune to cancel Senate's August recess to confirm his nominees (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago OP

TACO DICKtator at it again it appears... ProudMNDemocrat 16 hrs ago #1

While he golfs............. twodogsbarking 15 hrs ago #2

He's finally made a demand that the GOP Senate will never accept! Cutting into their vacay! Prairie Gates 14 hrs ago #3

The Senate Repukes will kiss the Blobfather's ring and blow off their vacations. LastLiberal in PalmSprings 13 hrs ago #4

Not to mention that they get every holiday and every long weekend FakeNoose 12 hrs ago #5

If it were Germany, they'd be getting great medical coverage and a generous retirement. LastLiberal in PalmSprings 6 hrs ago #6

ProudMNDemocrat

(19,887 posts)

1. TACO DICKtator at it again it appears...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 09:29 AM

16 hrs ago

Thinks he can run roughshod over the US Senate!

John Thune is a weak link in the Senate and TACO Don knows it.

twodogsbarking

(14,437 posts)

2. While he golfs.............

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 10:12 AM

15 hrs ago

Prairie Gates

(5,706 posts)

3. He's finally made a demand that the GOP Senate will never accept! Cutting into their vacay!

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 11:24 AM

14 hrs ago

LastLiberal in PalmSprings

(13,213 posts)

4. The Senate Repukes will kiss the Blobfather's ring and blow off their vacations.

Reply to Prairie Gates (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 12:28 PM

13 hrs ago

I'm of two minds about this: (1) They should take the time off from their highly stressful jobs to energize for the next round of middle-class destroying bills, and (2) why do they get so much time off while the rest of us are limited to two weeks?

FakeNoose

(37,900 posts)

5. Not to mention that they get every holiday and every long weekend

Reply to LastLiberal in PalmSprings (Reply #4)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 12:59 PM

12 hrs ago

... in addition they're paid to take the entire month of August off. What do they think this is ... GERMANY?

LastLiberal in PalmSprings

(13,213 posts)

6. If it were Germany, they'd be getting great medical coverage and a generous retirement.

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #5)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 07:25 PM

6 hrs ago

Oh that's right -- they do.

They get an incredible salary: $174,000 base plus more for leadership roles, e.g., the Speaker gets $223,500, the Senate majority/minority leaders get $193,400.

Members receive health insurance, retirement plans, and allowances for travel, staff, and office expenses.

Plus, they get a head's up on news that will move the markets (MTG's investment moves and TACO's tariff announcements comes to mind).

And there's a 90% chance that an incumbent will be re-elected.

And as mentioned before, there's lots of vacation days.

Nice work if you can get it -- and are able to look at yourself in the mirror each morning (if you're a Repuke).

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