DEMS/GOP/MITCH MCCONNELL/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday [6-5-18] he was cancelling most of the Senate’s August recess to give lawmakers time to pass spending bills before a Sept. 30 deadline and to confirm more of President Donald Trump’s appointees. A senior Senate Democratic aide said the move had less to do with making legislative progress in the Senate and more to do with the November elections in which several Democratic incumbents are locked in tough campaigns for re-election. McConnell’s move, the aide said, was aimed at keeping those Democrats off the campaign trail and underscored Republican jitters over retaining majority control of the Senate in those elections.”
-Reuters Staff, ” U.S. Senate leader cancels most of August recess,” Reuters, June 5, 2018 11:17 am