Yesterday, Senator Thune moved forward with cloture to approve President Trump’s nominees. There is a backlog of 144 nominees. Cloture is a procedure for ending debate and taking a vote. This is meaningless in a way. They still need to vote to confirm after this.
Recess begins in four days.
BREAKING: Leader John Thune has just started the process to CONFIRM Trump nominees!
Either they hit OVERDRIVE right now, or most of the 130 nominees waiting will be stalled unless Trump uses recess appointments. pic.twitter.com/6cLT8gvf9C
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) July 28, 2025
Pro forma sessions are infuriating:
—No August recess until the Senate clears the confirmation backlog, with 144 nominees now pending
—No more “pro forma” sessions, which allow the Senate to take a “recess” without triggering President Trump’s recess-appointment authority
pic.twitter.com/pVVryVbv6Y— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) July 29, 2025
Bannon wants Johnson and Thune to stop playing games and get the appointments through during the recess. He also noted they are going to hit us with an Omnibus bill at the last minute in September.
Republicans aren’t going for pocket rescissions either.
BANNON: Johnson and Thune have to quit playing games. We need a real recess with appointments that last a year, a mass number of confirmations, or at least buys time to work through the system. President Trump needs his team. Right now, as they say in the Civil War, you’re going… pic.twitter.com/pfKUjFNcwB
— Grace Chong, MBI (@gc22gc) July 28, 2025
Yesterday, Chuck Grassley backed the call to make recess appointments, and Mike Lee is calling for recess appointments. Thune and Johnson are planning to show up in Congress every five days so Trump can’t make recess appointments. Clearly, these Republicans don’t want to get re-elected.
Whose side are they on?
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT): There are 144 of President Trump’s nominees awaiting confirmation. End this backlog before going on vacation.
Either stay and confirm them or take a real recess so Trump can make recess appointments.
America voted for Trump’s agenda. Confirm his nominees. pic.twitter.com/m9Q4GwyvnW
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) July 29, 2025
RINO’s…the enemy within the Republican party…Bunch of Manchurian(Democrat) candidates…
Trump is great and we are Trump Republicans. But it ends there. We can’t be Republicans, Democrats or anything else because most of them are rats.
Thune was the right hand man of Mitch. He does the same things, though he is less obvious about it. Will Thune sabotage the senate elections in 2026? We know the NRSC will direct money away from conservative candidates. The same for Johnson. McCarthy was a less obvious version of Ryan, and Johnson is a less obvious version of McCarthy,… Read more »