Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced Tuesday he will delay the traditional summer recess for two weeks to provide more time for Republicans to push the GOP legislative agenda.

“In order to provide more time to complete action on important legislative items and process nominees that have been stalled by a lack of cooperation from our friends across the aisle, the Senate will delay the start of the August recess until the third week of August,” McConnell said in a Tuesday statement.