WASHINGTON – Senators have to scrap their summer break plans.

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday that he’s canceling most of the August recess to push President Trump’s nominees through confirmation.

McConnell blamed the “historic obstruction by Senate Democrats” for ruining summer break.

“It’s necessary for us to be here in August and to do our work,” McConnell (R-Ky.) said.

On the agenda will be passing appropriations bills and taking confirmation votes on Trump’s nominees.

“I hope we get greater cooperation,” McConnell said.

It’s a tradition for members of Congress to leave the hot, humid swamp of Washington every August and return to their home districts. The practice started years ago before air conditioning came to the Capitol as a way to escape the suffocating heat.

During midterm elections, the break has been critical for members to work the campaign trail at home.

Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer denied that Democrats are obstructionists.

“Mitch McConnell can’t have it both ways,” Schumer (D-NY) told reporters. “He spends all his time bragging to his base that they’ve appointed more judges than anybody else and now he’s saying they haven’t appointed enough. It just doesn’t pass the laugh test.”

Schumer says Democrats “welcome” the cancellation of recess to address rising healthcare premiums due to Trump’s efforts to undermine Obamacare. Schumer called on Trump to cancel any August plans to jet off to his golf courses or resorts in Bedminster and Mar-a-Lago.

“We want the president to be here in Washington working with us as well because he caused a lot of these problems,” Schumer said.

It’s expected senators will return home for the first week in August, but come back to steamy DC for the remainder of the month.

The House, meanwhile, is still scheduled to recess for the full month of August as all 435 seats are up for election in November.