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The recess appointments clause says that when the Senate is in recess, the president can make appointments temporarily without the approval or vetting process normally done by the Senate. The ...
But it still leaves open the possibility that Trump could make recess Cabinet appointments during one of the Senate’s scheduled breaks, including the August recess later in 2025.
S. 686: RESTRICT Act (Senate committee consideration as of March 7, 2023) S. 701: Women's Health Protection Act of 2023 (placed on Legislative Calendar on March 9, 2023) S. 870: Fire Grants and Safety Act (pending before the House as of April 24, 2023) S. 916: Junk Fee Prevention Act (Senate committee consideration as of March 22, 2023)
In the United States, a recess appointment is an appointment by the president of a federal official when the U.S. Senate is in recess.Under the U.S. Constitution's Appointments Clause, the president is empowered to nominate, and with the advice and consent (confirmation) of the Senate, make appointments to high-level policy-making positions in federal departments, agencies, boards, and ...
July 31, 2022: U.S. drone strikes killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. August 4, 2022: The Senate voted 95–1 in favor of ratifying the accession of Sweden and Finland into NATO. [14] August 7, 2022: The Senate voted 51–50 to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie.
The Supreme Court upheld this practice in 2014, ruling that a president can only make a recess appointment when the Senate is out of session for 10 days or longer.
Prior to 1933, when the 20th Amendment changed the dates of the congressional term, the last regular session of Congress was always a lame-duck session. Congress has held 16 lame-duck sessions since 1940. Recesses preceding lame-duck sessions have usually begun by mid-October and typically lasted between one and two months.
Only three Cabinet secretaries have been appointed during a recess since 1900, according to the Senate Historical Office. The most recent was Mickey Kantor, who served briefly as Clinton’s ...