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President Donald Trump uses the coronavirus briefing to express dissatisfaction with Democrats in Congress, and says he will use his 'Constitutional authority to adjourn both chambers of Congress.'

President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to do what no American president before him has done: Unilaterally adjourn Congress so that he can appoint his nominees to senior positions and the federal bench without Senate approval.

But according to legal scholars, the president only has the authority to adjourn Congress if — and only if — the House and the Senate disagree with one another over when to adjourn. Currently, there is no such disagreement.

“The Senate’s practice of gaveling into so-called pro forma sessions where no one is even there has prevented me from using the constitutional authority that we’re given under the recess provisions,” Trump said during Wednesday’s coronavirus pandemic briefing. “The Senate should either fulfill its duty and vote on my nominees, or it should formally adjourn so that I can make recess appointments.”

During congressional recess periods, both chambers hold extremely brief parliamentary sessions every few days, known as pro forma sessions, precisely so that the legislature is never officially adjourned, and no president can bypass the Senate’s confirmation process to make recess appointments.

Trump said he needed the ability to make recess appointments in order to appoint key officials to aid in the response to the coronavirus pandemic.

“We have a tremendous number of people that have to come into government and now more so than ever before because of the virus,” Trump said in the Rose Garden.

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