WASHINGTON (AP) — A stalemate over the pace of confirmations has delayed the Senate’s yearly August recess, for now, as President Donald Trump declares that his nominees “should NOT BE FORCED TO WAIT” and as Democrats slow the process by forcing procedural votes on almost all of Trump’s picks.

Senators hoping for an August respite after several weeks of late-night votes may not be in luck, with President Trump asking Majority Leader Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) Saturday to cancel the

The last time the August recess was scrapped was in 2018, when then-Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) canceled it to compensate for delays in the appropriations process. A year earlier, in 2017, McConnell took a similar step, though he only shortened the break by half.