Trump Warns That He Might Adjourn Both House and Senate Amid Pandemic

Trump Warns That He Might Adjourn Both House and Senate Amid Pandemic
President Donald Trump speaks about the CCP virus in the Rose Garden of the White House, on April 14, 2020. Alex Brandon/AP Photo
Jack Phillips
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President Donald Trump warned that he may adjourn both the House of Representatives and the Senate under recess provisions to appoint federal positions while noting that it has never been done before in the history of the United States.

The president, during a Wednesday night briefing, said he’s considering exercising his “constitutional rights to adjourn both chambers of Congress” over held-up nominees, describing the Democratic-led efforts to block his appointments as “a scam.”
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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