The Senate on Aug. 2 adjourned to begin its monthlong summer recess, after lawmakers in the upper chamber and the White House failed to reach an agreement on confirming President Donald Trump’s nominees.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Trump have been in negotiations with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) over how to move forward on more than 150 pending nominations that have been slow-walked through the Senate by Democrats.
