House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday said he is open to allowing recess appointments of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet selections outside of the standard Senate nominating process.
Over the past week or so, the president-elect has been making announcements for positions he wants to fill in his incoming administration. Last week, while weighing in on the Senate Republican leadership race, Trump said that regardless of who wins, he wants the option to use recess appointments.
“We’re in a time of very divided government and a very partisan atmosphere in Washington. I wish it were not,” Johnson told “Fox News Sunday,” responding to a question about whether he would allow for recess appointments. “I wish the Senate would simply do its job of advise and consent and allow the president to put the persons in his Cabinet of his choosing.”…