Senate Leadership Race: Here's What To Know As Trump Allies Back Rick Scott

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

37% : "Trump on Sunday also called on the Senate to pause confirmations of President Joe Biden's judicial nominees until he takes office and the Senate changes hands, a request Democrats -- who will control the Senate until January -- are unlikely to agree to.
35% : Trump in 2020 threatened to force the Senate into recess so that he could make appointments while Congress was away from Washington during the COVID-19 pandemic.
34% : Trump threatened to use his presidential powers to adjourn Congress so that he could force through the appointments in 2020, a mechanism no president has ever deployed and one the Constitution limits to "extraordinary Occasions.
30% : The Democrat-controlled Senate, at the time, used "pro-forma" sessions in part to prevent Trump from making appointments without the Senate's approval.
15% : McConnell, who has a thorny history with Trump and famously denounced his role in the 2021 Capitol riots, but eventually endorsed his latest presidential run, will serve out the remainder of his term until 2027.

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