Thune was asked about using “recess appointments” to get Trump’s picks through Senate confirmation if there aren't enough votes for the nominee to get confirmed. “Recess appointments,” according to the Associated Press, allow a president to fill vacancies while the Senate is out or in recess.
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“Well, it's an option, but obviously, it takes, you know, you have to have all Republicans vote to recess as well. So the same Republicans that you mentioned that might have a problem voting for somebody under regular order probably also have a problem voting to put the Senate into recess,” the Southa Dakota native noted. “You have to have concurrence from the House. There's a process. All this is a process. But I don't think any of those things are necessarily off the table.”
“I think we have to have all the options on the table. And these nominees deserve their day in court. They deserve a hearing, a confirmation hearing, an opportunity to be vetted. And the Senate will perform its constitutional role under advice and consent. But we are not going to allow the Democrats to thwart the will of the American people in giving President Trump the people that he wants in those positions to implement his agenda,” Thune continued.