Key Economic Nominee Still in Limbo as Senate Heads Home

What to Know About Senate Failing to Reach Deal on Trump Nominees

The Senate on Aug. 2 adjourned to begin its monthlong summer recess, after senators 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. Trump said Demo…

Trump Accuses Senate Dems of ‘Political Extortion’ After Failed Negotiations to Confirm Nominees › American Greatness

In several Truth Social posts over the weekend, President Donald Trump accused Senate Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), of extortion, saying […] Source

Key economic nominee still in limbo as Senate heads home

Senators confirmed a small tranche of nominees before leaving Washington until September without clinching a broader deal, teeing up a possible GOP rules change that would speed up confirmations. But even that change might not help President Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, who remains in limbo. Allies of Brian Quintenz, who would oversee much of the administration’s crypto agenda if confirmed, rallied to…

President Trump Goes Scorched Earth Slamming Chuck Schumer - The American Tribune.com

President Donald Trump pulled no punches when going scorched Earth on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-CA) in a series of furious posts on Truth Social, accusing the woke senator of trying to extort Republicans in exchange for shepherding a few Trump nominees through the Senate confirmation process. In the post on the matter that detonated with a thunderous reception online, the president accused the Senate Minority Leader of demanding a …

Trump Comments On Senate Recess - Civil Deadline

Well, the Senate just hit pause for summer, but not before the whole thing turned into a political standoff that had Donald Trump unloading both barrels on Chuck Schumer and the Democrats. Here’s the setup: Republicans have been working to push through a slate of Trump’s nominees, but Democrats — led by Schumer — weren’t ...

Trump accuses Senate Democrats of using nominee confirmations as leverage for funding deals – Your Capital Minds

President Donald Trump alleged that Senate Democrats are possibly delaying his nominees in exchange for money in a heated post on Truth Social Sunday night. In the post, Trump accused Senate Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., of slowing down the confirmations of more than 150 executive nominees. ‘Democrats, lead[sic] by Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, are slow walking my Nominees, more than 150 of them. They wanted us to pay, …