Grassley just tweeted that there could not be any confirmation hearings for new AG

[Stonepounder]

before 2018. Calendar is full. (Assuming Sessions quits or is fired.)

Link to tweet

Per Rachael Maddow.

[malaise]

1. Oops!

[annabanana]

2. wtf?

Is this supposed to mean that, recess or not, there will just be an "acting AG" until the midterms?

[virtualobserver]

4. no, a recess appointment does not have a confirmation hearing

[Iliyah]

3. GOPers are protecting Sessions over t-rump because Sessions is their right wing

wet dream.

[AJT]

5. Does this matter if 45 makes a recess appointment?

[geek tragedy]

8. No recess, no recess appointment nt

[njhoneybadger]

10. Would Rosenstein be acting AG then

[geek tragedy]

12. Until Tr*mp fires him too nt

[Takket]

6. i heard today..........

45 wants Sessions to quit so he can recess appoint an A.G. while congress is on break? Can he do that? I know recess appointments can be made under certain circumstances but not familiar with cabinet appointments.

[hatrack]

14. He can't do a recess appointment . . . . .

There's some pro forma exercise that lets Congress stay "in session" even when almost everybody is out of town, and they're already announced they're going to do just that next month.

[Stonepounder]

15. Well, he might think that. But I have heard from several sources (including Rachael)

that the Dems are going to use some arcane rule that will prevent the Senate from formally adjourning, so as long as one lone Senator can gavel the Senate into session, then dismiss for the day.

Seems to me that the GOP used the same tactic on Obama (NTSB appt?) at some point and the court ruled that Obama couldn't make a recess appointment since the Senate was not technically adjourned.

[FM123]

7. I just heard that too...

Little confused though. Grassley is the one who pulled that bait & switch with Manafort & Don Jr testifying to subpoena Glenn Simpson from Fusion (the one who is allegedly going to point fingers at Hillary about her "involvement" with the Steele Dossier - the "real" Russian scandal. I thought Grassley was one of the bad guys - why is he not on board with Sessions (then Mueller's) dismissal?

[AJT]

9. I don't trust any GOPer.

[FM123]

13. Rachel just said, she's going to talk about this tomorrow!

[AJT]

16. Maybe a signal to 45 to fire sessions and do a recess appointment.

[emulatorloo]

17. No, it is a "fuck you" to Trump. R Senators are rallying around Sessions

and pushing back on Trump. Saying Sessions did the right thing by recusing himself from Trump/Russia

At any rate, Dems have a plan to keep Senate in session so there will be no recess.

[Stonepounder]

19. That's my read. While a lot of Senators don't like Sessions ideology, Session the man is

generally well liked in the Senate, on both sides of the aisle. And they are a little irritated that one of their own is being persecuted for actually following the law. And, in the confirmation hearings (before he became AG) he said he would recuse himself. So, PINO didn't even bother to listen to or get a report on the hearings.

[Thrill]

11. Got to make sure they have all those vacation weeks

[Gothmog]

18. The Senate GOP can block a recess appointment

[Hieronymus]

20. More bad news for Trump.