Flake to try to force vote on bill protecting Mueller
Source: The Hill
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) announced Thursday that he will try to force a vote on legislation protecting special counsel Robert Mueller in the wake of President Trump ousting Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Flake said he and Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) will go to the Senate floor next week to try to get a deal on advancing the legislation.
"When the Senate convenes next week, @ChrisCoons and I will ask for unanimous consent to bring S.2644, the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act, to a vote on the Senate floor. After the firing of The AG, it is more important than ever to protect the Special Counsel," Flake said in a tweet.
Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/415792-flake-to-try-to-force-vote-on-bill-protecting-mueller
dameatball
(7,380 posts)cstanleytech
(26,081 posts)this is about Flake trying to build on the myth that he a moderate that can be trusted as my guess is he intends to run for President down the road and is counting on Trump backlash hitting the other Repugnants.
llmart
(15,501 posts)He isn't doing this out of any concern for us. He has designs on the Presidency.
Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Ace Rothstein
(3,109 posts)And nobody on our side of the aisle will either. Maybe he can win an election within Arizona but he'll never win a national election.
Deb
(3,742 posts)dameatball
(7,380 posts)probably right.
True_Blue
(3,063 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Maybe he wants to go out with a shred of decency though. Hey, anything is possible.
cstanleytech
(26,081 posts)to Kavanaugh which he did not do so I doubt this has anything to do now with doing something decent.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)calimary
(80,700 posts)Gee, does this mean he works up a little more effort beyond hiding behind that phony-ass look-of-pain CONCERN-face of his.
Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)I'm not going to bad mouth him for doing the right thing just because he is a Republican.
calimary
(80,700 posts)He wore his concern face all day during the Kavanaugh hearings, seemed sympathetic, said some of the right (sounding) things, and looked all pained and troubled when he was cornered in an elevator by two women demanding he hear the voices of the sexually assaulted among us.
And he went ahead and voted for Kavanaugh ANYWAY. Despite making all kinds of reach-across-the-aisle noises. Despite acting as though he really and seriously wanted to consider the opposition. Yeah, my ass. Sorry to be blunt here. But I know a wolf in a shabby-looking second-hand moth-eaten sheep costume when I see it.
Jeff Flake, you have to do A LOT more than just talk a good game or try to wax poetic about how troubled you are.
FSogol
(45,360 posts)right thing. I think they have proved otherwise.
The_Counsel
(1,660 posts)Yeah, he'll push for the vote...but then he'll vote against protecting Mueller.
That sounds like his M.O., right?
calimary
(80,700 posts)I wont get fooled again. Not by him anyway.
Frankly, not by ANYBODY on that side of the aisle. If theyre over there, theyre against everything Im for, and for everything Im against.
I dont trust a single one of em any farther than I can throw my house.
The_Counsel
(1,660 posts)+1,000,000
catbyte
(34,174 posts)All hat & no cattle. I really, really, really wish he'd prove me wrong just this once.
Ohiogal
(31,669 posts)how many of the spineless, cowed, GOP senators would support such a bill, anyway. They're all so afraid of the Orange Asshole, it's ridiculous.
RockRaven
(14,784 posts)And even if I'm wrong, between Ryan and the House GOP, Trump's veto or pocket veto, it never becomes law.
BumRushDaShow
(127,314 posts)to discharge it from committee. One objection to the unanimous consent and it's killed.
Democrats could try to attach it to a Continuing Resolution to continue funding the government (the current one expires December 5th I think).
But agree that if something like that did pass, it could be pocket vetoed (which happens between Congressional sessions because the current one could adjourn to seat the new Congress in January). However, since they have pretty much made pro-forma sessions a standard practice, there would probably not be a formal "adjournment", so he would need to affirmatively veto.
FarPoint
(12,209 posts)Flake is a master of being two- faced.. talks the talk to give a preformance of one being sincere and politically competent as a Senator. ..he failed miserably with Kavanaugh. I won't take the bait again.
calimary
(80,700 posts)Dont bet on him for anything. Hell talk a good game. Even a GREAT game. And then hell go right on ahead and vote the wrong way anyway.
Hes just being a wanker.
The Liberal Lion
(1,414 posts)MontanaMama
(23,242 posts)Great comparison!
RestoreAmerica2020
(3,433 posts)shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. Now well see the usual so called "nice" republiklans ramp up their predictable chicanery..Collins, Corker..and other is like them, make their way onto MSM--all talk, no action.
EarthFirst
(2,877 posts)...the problem is; hes generally slapped back into line and never follows through.
tinrobot
(10,848 posts)Doubt he'll follow through...
ffr
(22,649 posts)calimary
(80,700 posts)in2herbs
(2,942 posts)candidate cuz Flake wants to be.
Saviolo
(3,270 posts)Again, nice words from Flake, but until he actually DOES something, I'm way past done giving him the benefit of the doubt. Everything he says and does is to further his presidential run whenever he gets around to it. He can show how he was "the moderate Republican who stood up to Trump" despite not every actually doing that.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Flake is not very adept at being a crafty politician, if that's what he's aiming at.
Bettie
(15,998 posts)another empty gesture as all of his actions are and he'll talk about it for a second and then drop it when they tell him to.
AdamGG
(1,276 posts)C Moon
(12,188 posts)SharonAnn
(13,767 posts)-Steph-
(409 posts)Bob Loblaw
(1,900 posts)nt
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)Flake didnt try to force anyone to do anything. Hes too weak for that.
onetexan
(12,994 posts)DFW
(54,056 posts)He will sponsor legislation protecting Mueller's investigation, and then vote against it.