Senate won't let Trump make recess appointments

[Loki Liesmith]

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

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This, at least, is good news.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

1. We need every little bit of good news we can get.

Though, some major good news wouldn't go amiss.

[FakeNoose]

19. Those sneaky Senators!

They're onto him now. Not so fast Cheeto!

[Ligyron]

2. Great to hear!

[kacekwl]

25. What makes anyone think Trump will not just

appoint whoever he wants and move on. No one is hold him to any ethical standard now.

[Hortensis]

28. :) PUBs are not holding him to ethical standards, BUT

he's not meeting their requirements and has been busily making a bunch of enemies among Republicans in congress. Both senate and house voted overwhelmingly, in veto-proof majorities, to cross him by increasing sanctions on Russia. And now he's trying to fire one of their colleagues who gave up his seat just 5 months ago to join his administration...

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]

32. In a normal world you may be right

but nothing has been done so far.

[mdbl]

35. nothing has been normal so far

I quit holding my breath last November.

[Hortensis]

39. Boy, are you guys right, BUT

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]

40. That was my first thought too.

I don't see anyone actually stopping him or his appointees.

[iluvtennis]

3. Ditto - good to hear they are taking a stance against sneaky backdoor crap of Trump

[Mrs. Overall]

4. After watching Rachel talk about this last night, this is a relieving development.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. I figured that they would do this

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]

6. An awful lot of those senators were Boy Scouts.

They may not SAY it just yet, but actions speak louder than words.

[FakeNoose]

20. Yes - and Cheeto was never a Boy Scout

Don't we all know it too! He doesn't even know the pledge.

[JHB]

38. "Doesn't know the pledge"? That's not the half of it...

Trump scores zero on the Scout Law:

Boy 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]

7. I'm glad to hear it! k&r

[geek tragedy]

8. Supreme Court ruled against Obama on this issue.

talk about silver linings.

[VaBchTgerLily]

9. hope they stick to it

[rurallib]

24. bingo!

I trust the whole group as far as i could throw them altogether.
Only slightly more trustworthy than the Big Asshole himself.

[lark]

10. Yes!

Don't let Drumpf sneak through Ted Cruz to replace granny and get rid of Mueller.

[Kaleva]

11. Good news!,!

[TheBlackAdder]

12. At this point, I call BULLSHIT! McConnell will change at the last minute to catch folks off guard.

[TomSlick]

30. Yeah, me too.

The rules and norms of the Senate mean nothing.

[calimary]

13. I suspect the Senate is instinctively standing with one of its own.

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]

17. Yep, it's that, along with 'checks and balances,' and removing any appearance of aiding and abetting

obstruction of justice.

[titaniumsalute]

21. The Senate is a very exclusive club

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]

36. You can despise Sessions and still want him to stay as AG

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]

14. Thank you Loki

Republicans should be outraged by this kabuki dance, instead they get in line for the kool-aide.

Call you Senators and Congresswomen, NOW.

[Cary]

15. Thank God!

This is getting scary. #fakepresident is lawless.

[NCjack]

16. I'm scared of what TrumpCo will do. Apparently, Sen, McConnell is also. nt

[Fatemah2774]

18. This is good news

Give him nothing. As Michael Corleone once said, "Not even the fee for the gambling license."

[Quixote1818]

22. So he can't put someone in to fire Mueller during this time? nt

[Sucha NastyWoman]

23. Which of those 50 Senators to just voted for the motion to proceed

Do you expect to have the courage to stand up against Trump and do something like this?

[Gothmog]

26. I really hope that this is accurate

[Loki Liesmith]

29. The Dems will filibuster any motion to recess

Needs 60

[Bernardo de La Paz]

27. Republicans blocking a Republicon President. That's how bad tRump is. . . . nt

[Amaryllis]

31. Can't Mcconnell just ignore the rules? He has so far.

[Loki Liesmith]

42. McConnell approves of this strategy

It lets him maintain the Senate's power to advise and consent while blaming Democrats.

Ds and Rs playing this exactly right.

[BainsBane]

33. Keeps him from making Don Jr AG

[adigal]

34. So McConnell doesn't totally trust him...doesn't want Sessions' replacement named during recess

Hmmmm.....this may be get better for us. Fast.

[cstanleytech]

37. I really dont like this. I understand why they are doing it but I will be holding

my fingers over my nose still.

[L. Coyote]

41. Absolutely necessary. The alternative is slipping into dictatorship.

[OnDoutside]

43. The Reps are probably doing this to protect Sessions rather than stop Trump.

[Lil Missy]

44. This is a Republican measure! Glad to see them standing up to the orange jackass.n/t