On the Senate floor, senators have largely been focused on nominations during the past month, as well the budget deal and failed veto override attempts.

But off the Senate floor, Republicans have found themselves playing defense over a myriad of Trump remarks, including the president's suggestion that he would accept dirt on a political opponent, his feud with four Democratic women of color known as the "squad" and his decision to float and yank nominations.

"People talk about things up here that people back home don't really seem quite so obsessed about, like what the president tweeted or what he said," Cornyn said.

But the Senate is kicking several issues to the fall including how to fund the government, ongoing talks about Trump's trade deal and plans for moving surprise medical billing and drug pricing legislation.

Schumer knocked McConnell during a press conference shortly before the Senate adjourned Thursday saying he has turned the chamber into a "graveyard ."

"Leader McConnell has turned what used to be the world's greatest deliberative body into a legislative graveyard. The perfect complement to our get nothing done president," Schumer said. "Leader McConnell's Senate has been a big black hole."

"Obviously a lot of the work that we've done so far to confirm judges that's something a lot of voters care about. … The things that we've done to fund the military and help out with ensuring that we've got steady predictable national security funding is something that our voters are going to care about," Thune said.

He added that "the trade deal, prescription drugs, robo-calls, there are a whole bunch of things that we teed up that we'll hopefully get votes on when we get back this fall."