Oh, how ADORABLE! Beloved GOP Senator Rick Scott embraces the "if the left allows it to be" Project 2025 fatwa
WASHINGTON — Republicans are debating whether to blow up Senate rules to quickly usher through dozens of President Donald Trump’s stalled nominees — or to adjourn at the end of the week, thereby allowing Trump to make recess appointments throughout the scheduled August break.
“I think we have a choice. Democrats either have to relent and let us do the nominees through [unanimous consent], or we've got to do it through recess appointments,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) told Raw Story.
Presidents are allowed to temporarily bypass the Senate nomination process and fill vacancies when Congress is out, appointments that expire at the end of the next congressional session.
Some veteran GOP senators are now warning against allowing Trump to use recess appointments, but they seem to increasingly be in the minority.
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/senate/
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