SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — It’s been a whirlwind two days, but John Thune is out of Washington, D.C. and back home
“Always good to be in South Dakota, where I would always rather be, but it was an eventful week in Washington and we got a lot of work ahead of us,” Thune said Friday in the KELOLAND Media Group studio.
His new job as U.S. Senate Majority Leader will be demanding.
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As President Donald Trump fills out his cabinet, the Senate, under the constitution, holds the important role in confirming, or rejecting high-level officials like cabinet positions.
“Constitutionally, the founders designed in our system of checks and balances to have the United States Senate under Article I perform the confirmation process for the executive branch,” Thune said. “It’s a role that my colleagues in the Senate take very seriously.”
President-elect Trump wants Thune and the Senate to consider letting him use a tool known as “recess appointments.” It essentially lets the nominees bypass Senate confirmation.