Schumer declined to get into the details but he reportedly asked the White House to unfreeze about $1 billion of foreign aid and National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding in exchange for allowing the Senate confirmation process for additional Trump nominees to move faster.

Senate Republicans left Washington for the summer without a deal to quickly confirm dozens of nominees — but they are vowing to come back this fall and change the rules to clear the partisan logjam. Majority Leader John Thune locked in the plan shortly after meeting with GOP senators Saturday night.