Senate won't let Trump make recess appointments
Source: CNN
(CNN) Senators are planning to continue procedural moves to prevent the Senate from formally adjourning for recess next month in order to prevent President Donald Trump from making recess appointments, when the chamber eventually adjourns through the Labor Day weekend.
Using the threat of a filibuster, Democrats plan to force the Senate to hold pro forma sessions a practice both parties have carried out to block recess appointments from presidents of opposite party, Democratic and Republican aides say.
Read more: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/07/25/politics/trump-recess-appointments/index.html
This, at least, is good news.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)Though, some major good news wouldn't go amiss.
FakeNoose
(32,630 posts)They're onto him now. Not so fast Cheeto!
Ligyron
(7,627 posts)kacekwl
(7,016 posts)appoint whoever he wants and move on. No one is hold him to any ethical standard now.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Above all there's the disaster of their plans to repeal Obamacare and "reform" the tax code, much of it created by him. His extreme incompetence and determination to throw his incompetent weight around really screwed them over in a lot more ways than just the critically important (almost $1 trillion-dollar cookie jar) healthcare "reform."
kacekwl
(7,016 posts)but nothing has been done so far.
mdbl
(4,973 posts)I quit holding my breath last November.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)that nothing seems to be done doesn't mean nothing is happening. There are no doubt many other things happening we could know about if we checked.
A hugie I should have mentioned above, though, is that the strong social and religious rights really LIKE AG Sessions and his nasty, repressive agenda. To them he's the one person who's actually successfully restoring "morality" to this nation. This is another big concern for Rump, of course, because these people make up most of his base. And a big concern for us, of course, but that's another thread.
bitterross
(4,066 posts)I don't see anyone actually stopping him or his appointees.
iluvtennis
(19,849 posts)Mrs. Overall
(6,839 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,844 posts)and have been posting about it continually.
Ever since Shrub recess-appointed egregious people like Bolton and Reid started the practice... and Obama tried to test the validity of the pro-forma sessions with some NLRB appointments resulting in a SCOTUS decision affirming that the pro-forma sessions were valid as the Senate not being "in recess" (despite being gone but gaveling in every 3 days), doing pro-forma would pretty much be it as a near "permanent" practice.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)They may not SAY it just yet, but actions speak louder than words.
FakeNoose
(32,630 posts)Don't we all know it too! He doesn't even know the pledge.
JHB
(37,158 posts)Trump scores zero on the Scout Law:
A Scout is:
Trustworthy,
Loyal,
Helpful,
Friendly,
Courteous,
Kind,
Obedient,
Cheerful,
Thrifty,
Brave,
Clean,
and Reverent.
He's like an anti-scout. Or at least anti-what they claim to be.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)talk about silver linings.
VaBchTgerLily
(231 posts)rurallib
(62,406 posts)I trust the whole group as far as i could throw them altogether.
Only slightly more trustworthy than the Big Asshole himself.
lark
(23,091 posts)Don't let Drumpf sneak through Ted Cruz to replace granny and get rid of Mueller.
Kaleva
(36,294 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,183 posts)TomSlick
(11,096 posts)The rules and norms of the Senate mean nothing.
calimary
(81,211 posts)Jeff Sessions was up till a mere few months ago one of them.
I think in this case, much as I despise the man, I'd be supporting maneuvers designed to have his back. Whatever is worse for trump is my measuring stick.
ancianita
(36,023 posts)obstruction of justice.
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)With all of the hard talk on Fox, CNN, and MSNBC the Senators are all relatively friendly with each other. They dine together, drink together, party together, etc. They re exclusive and powerful. And at the end of the day most don't like Trump. The GOP has an agenda they want to accomplish which sadly includes Trump. But maybe the straw is starting to weigh on the camel's back.
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)His racist policies have hurt the poor and hurt minorities. But he seems to have a tiny bone of ethics about Mueller left in him.
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)Republicans should be outraged by this kabuki dance, instead they get in line for the kool-aide.
Call you Senators and Congresswomen, NOW.
Cary
(11,746 posts)This is getting scary. #fakepresident is lawless.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Fatemah2774
(245 posts)Give him nothing. As Michael Corleone once said, "Not even the fee for the gambling license."
Quixote1818
(28,928 posts)Sucha NastyWoman
(2,747 posts)Do you expect to have the courage to stand up against Trump and do something like this?
Gothmog
(145,129 posts)Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)Needs 60
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)It lets him maintain the Senate's power to advise and consent while blaming Democrats.
Ds and Rs playing this exactly right.
BainsBane
(53,031 posts)adigal
(7,581 posts)Hmmmm.....this may be get better for us. Fast.
cstanleytech
(26,281 posts)my fingers over my nose still.