Recess appointments have been used by various presidents in the last couple of decades. And both Democrat and Republican administrations have used the tool to make appointments.

How do recess appointments, the capability Trump is seeking, work? 02:49 Washington — President-elect Donald Trump has selected for some of the top roles in his administration controversial ...

President-elect Donald Trump is considering recess appointments to skip over Senate confirmations for some of the most powerful positions in the U.S. government. Trump over the weekend demanded ...

The last recess appointment was Richard Griffin Jr. to the National Labor Relations Board on Jan. 4, 2012. He was part of four recess appointments by Obama on that day. Griffin and two others were ...

As students across California return to their classrooms, they will step back into healthier learning environments thanks to the landmark Senate Bill 291, known as Recess for All, which requires ...

Trump’s Unconstitutional Recess-Appointment Scheme House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) welcomes President-elect Donald Trump at a House Republicans Conference meeting on Capitol Hill in ...

President Clinton made 139 recess appointments and President George W. Bush made 171, though neither used the process for top-level Cabinet positions, according to the Congressional Research Service.

4. Senate must be in recess 10 days or longer before an appointment. In 2012, President Barack Obama appointed Sharon Block, Richard Griffin and Terence Flynn to the National Labor Relations Board ...

By urging the incoming GOP Senate majority to embrace recess appointments to install members of his Cabinet, Republican President-elect Donald Trump is in effect asking his party to unilaterally ...