Senate Republicans are weighing whether to heed President Trump’s call to cancel some or all of the August recess to approve key nominees or to use the full month to go home and sell the

Trump urged Senate Majority Leader John Thune to cancel the August congressional recess to allow for the confirmation of his nominees.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has slow-walked Trump’s nominees, forcing the requirement of a cloture vote for almost every one of the president’s picks.