(Just The News)—Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Friday told reporters that he would keep the upper chamber in session at least through the weekend in order to confirm some of President Donald Trump’s outstanding nominees.
The move comes amid heightened tension over the confirmation process, with Senate Democrats slow-walking all the remaining nominees by demanding time-consuming votes on each person.
Trump has pushed the Senate to remain in session instead of breaking for their traditional August recess, including Thursday when he reminded senators that his nominees should not be “forced to wait” longer to be confirmed.
Thune said he would keep the Senate in session at least this weekend to work on the confirmations and to negotiate with Democrats to speed up consideration of dozens of nominees. However, he said some of the negotiations will be done between the White House and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
“That will be up to the discussions between White House and Schumer and the Democrats,” Thune said. “That’s how this is going to get resolved. We’ll see where that leads.”
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