Senate Republicans are once again being accused of standing in the way of President Trump’s agenda. First, they left Washington for their five-week August recess without voting to advance the SAVE America Act. Now they are being criticized for preventing Trump from installing his remaining nominees through recess appointments.
The latest controversy concerns the Senate’s pro forma sessions. Every few days during the recess, a Republican senator briefly gavels the chamber into session and then adjourns it. John Boozman (R-Ark), Jim Justice (R-W.Va), and Jim Banks (R-Ind), have presided over such sessions since the Senate left town.
