Recent battle over Gov. Glenn Younkin’s appointments to college governing boards reflect the checks and balances of the ...

What Are Recess Appointments, and Why Is Trump Pushing for Them? The president-elect has advocated for bypassing the traditional Senate confirmation process, relying instead on recess appointments.

With President-elect Trump building his Cabinet, the idea of recess appointments has been floated, but what are they and how can they be used?

What are recess appointments? Trump has said that the next Senate majority leader should support allowing the president to bypass Congress.

The move by the president to adjourn Congress to make recess appointments would create a new precedent, experts say, affecting the way presidents see presidential power going forward.

President-elect Donald Trump is considering recess appointments to skip Senate confirmation for some of the most powerful positions in the federal government.

President-elect Donald Trump is considering recess appointments to skip over Senate confirmations for some of the most powerful positions in the U.S. government.

(NewsNation) — President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Senate to allow him to use recess appointments to install his picks for high-level positions as he has already tapped some controversial ...

Trump Recess Appointments Would Be Constitutional – But an Abuse of Power There's a reason we have Senate confirmation. It's called checks and balances.

What are recess appointments and how could Trump use them to fill his Cabinet? Recess appointments would be a significant shift in power away from the Senate.

What exactly are recess appointments? One of the chief responsibilities of the president is to make appointments across the federal government — including to cabinet-level positions.

President-elect Donald Trump is considering recess appointments to skip over Senate confirmations for some of the most powerful positions in the U.S. government.