Freedom Caucus chair Andy Harris: Senate should take a 10-day recess so Trump can make recess appointments that last a year

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris (R-Md.) is calling on Senate Republicans to take a 10-day recess during the lame-duck session so President Trump can make recess appointments before Democrats take control of Congress in January, the Washington Examiner reports.

"If they don't want to spend all 52 days, that's fine. Let's take a 10-day recess so the president can make some recess appointments that can last for a year," Harris said at a Freedom Caucus press conference Wednesday.

The caucus also wants the Senate to "confirm as many presidential nominees as possible." Recess appointments let a president fill posts temporarily without a Senate confirmation vote.

The group is also pushing House GOP leaders to adopt its lame-duck agenda: voter ID legislation, a ban on stock trading by members, and writing the Trump administration's border policies into law. "Republicans should not leave town until these priorities are completed and Democrats are denied every possible leverage," Harris said.