Senate leaders are weighing a plan to shorten the August recess, a move that would likely benefit Republicans who have fewer seats to defend in the upcoming election and don’t need as much time on the summer campaign trail.

“August is an important time for campaigning, largely because incumbents get a bloc of uninterrupted time to hit the campaign trail,” Jennifer Duffy, senior editor for the Cook Political Report, told the Washington Examiner. “If the Senate stays in August, it hurts Democrats more because they have more incumbents at risk.”