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Senate blocks Trump from making recess appointments
Axios ^ | August 3, 2017 | Susan Walsh

Posted on 08/03/2017 6:32:33 PM PDT by Pinkbell

The Senate moved unanimously to block President Trump from making appointments during the August break this evening. Democrats had said they'd make such a move after reports emerged that Trump was considering replacing Attorney General Jeff Sessions during the recess.

The Senate agreed to hold pro forma sessions throughout the recess. This procedure was also used to block appointments during the Obama administration.

Worth noting: the announcement was made by moderate Republican Lisa Murkowski, who split from Trump over health care. The Senate also made a slew of confirmations and passed several measures before shutting down for the summer.

Another update: The Senate will not hold any legislative sessions until September. Mitch McConnell had previously intended to delay the break until August 11 to allow the now-stalled health care plan to move forward.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 115th; 2ndthread; augustrecess; gop; mcconnell; recessappointments; senate; trump; uniparty
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The Republican Senate unanimously screwed their President's foreign policy with sanctions and now have blocked their own from making recess appointments. Did the Dems ever do that to Obama? Think of the delays in Trump getting his picks through because of the Democrats - this would help him! My assumption is they are trying to save Sessions (who I don't think Trump would fire anyway), but they want that Mueller investigation to roll on. Some of them, you know some of them, want Trump replaced with Pence. Where are their voices when it comes to Mueller's potential conflicts of interest regarding Comey and his stacking his investigation full of Hillary supporting Democrats? Where are they now that his investigation has veered off into territory outside of Russia? I don't hear them. I've heard a couple from the House, but the House isn't as swampy as the Senate.

The liberals cheer this, but that's who the GOP Republicans would rather please anyway. Disgraceful. The swamp is showing an outsider what happens if he/she tries to run for President.

1 posted on 08/03/2017 6:32:34 PM PDT by Pinkbell
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To: Pinkbell

Backstabbing bastards.


2 posted on 08/03/2017 6:33:53 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Pinkbell

Maybe Trump should drop a MOAB on the Senate and do us all a favor.


3 posted on 08/03/2017 6:34:26 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: Pinkbell

Fine by me. Trump has the upper hand as long as he has his 65 million supporters out there. His enemies are just postponing the inevitable.


4 posted on 08/03/2017 6:34:32 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Pinkbell

One only needs to look at the video of Mitch McConnel when the Republicans took control of both houses, he was aghast and visibly shaken at how they had won and with who. That is why this is happening in the Senate.

Mitch McConnell is a TRAITOR to the American People!


5 posted on 08/03/2017 6:34:54 PM PDT by eyeamok (Idle hands are the Devil's workshop)
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To: Pinkbell

Where were the republican leadership? McConnell? Cornyn?


6 posted on 08/03/2017 6:35:12 PM PDT by raiderboy
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To: Pinkbell

I just love the two party system

TRUMP....v....Uniparty


7 posted on 08/03/2017 6:36:48 PM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: All
FREEPATHON UPDATE


We are 34 days into this FReepathon. We have raised 33% of our goal.


You do the math.


COME ON FREEPERS, LET'S GET BEHIND FR AND GET THIS DONE!!!

8 posted on 08/03/2017 6:36:56 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: Pinkbell

The beltway pigs know POTUS is about to poopcan their precious obamacare subsidy. So this is just more petty games from them in response.


9 posted on 08/03/2017 6:37:12 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: Enterprise

I’m beginning to think that Trump’s only option is to form his own political party now and invite any loyal Republicans who wish to join him.

I think he could destroy both the Republican and Democrat parties with some careful strategizing and a few good rallies. This business of pretending that the Democrats and Republicans are two opposing political parties is getting tiresome. There are the Globalists and the Nationalists, that’s all there is to it.


10 posted on 08/03/2017 6:37:14 PM PDT by Junk Silver ("It's a little hard to herd people onto trains when they're shooting at you." SirLurkedalot)
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To: eyeamok
rinos
11 posted on 08/03/2017 6:37:39 PM PDT by timestax
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To: Pinkbell

The president did not approve their “law” therefore it is not a law and is meaningless. There are three co-equal branches of government and the senate is only half of one branch.

Trump could tell the senate that they can’t take a crap for a year. That does not make it a law and the senate could still crap when nature stirs them, although I would agree that those losers should have giant anus screws with locks to prevent cheating.


12 posted on 08/03/2017 6:37:42 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: raiderboy

They don’t call it the Surrender Party for nothing.


13 posted on 08/03/2017 6:37:50 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: raiderboy

There is none...It’s all UNIPARTY...

Conservatives are going to have to accept the fact that it’s going to take action from everyday Americans to thwart Washington...

Bloodless or bloody, it’s going to come to that....


14 posted on 08/03/2017 6:39:34 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: Enterprise

In all the time since my first vote for Ronald Reagan, I have NEVER let a Republican on my ballot go without my vote...until Marco Rubio.

Days like today make me proud of that abstention.


15 posted on 08/03/2017 6:39:37 PM PDT by papertyger (The semantics define how we think.)
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Didn’t they keep the Senate in session to prevent
President Bush from making some appts?


16 posted on 08/03/2017 6:39:58 PM PDT by deport
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To: Pinkbell

Republicans are now as bad as Democrats. At least the evil Democrats don’t eat their own. God, please punish these people.


17 posted on 08/03/2017 6:40:10 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: Pinkbell

Who are the two who didn’t vote?

This is getting absolutely disgusting.

The Senate making themselves President?


18 posted on 08/03/2017 6:41:17 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Pinkbell

We have to start removing the weasels with the Amnesty Senators

Corker, Hatch, Heller and Flake in 2018

Graham and Alexander in 2020

Murkowsky, Hoeven and Rubio in 2022


19 posted on 08/03/2017 6:41:28 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: JBW1949

This country is heading toward civil war and we have the military and the military command. This could get very bad but we will crush the resistance. Praise Jesus.


20 posted on 08/03/2017 6:41:44 PM PDT by raiderboy
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