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Senate Dem: We’re Trying To Block A Recess Appointment To Replace Sessions
thehill.com ^ | 07/25/17

Posted on 07/25/2017 7:55:02 PM PDT by Helicondelta

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said the Senate Judiciary Committee is "exploring" measures that would block President Trump from appointing an acting attorney general to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions during the August recess, effectively allowing him to circumvent the need for congressional confirmation.

"We're exploring the ways right now," Durbin said on MSNBC's "The Beat with Ari Melber."

The Illinois senator declined to offer further details when Melber pushed how they plan to prevent any attempt of Trump to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions, adding that he's told Melber "as much as I can tell you at this moment."

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: democrats; doj; sessions; trump
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1 posted on 07/25/2017 7:55:02 PM PDT by Helicondelta
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To: Helicondelta

Well, then.


2 posted on 07/25/2017 7:56:58 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: Helicondelta

The Democrats want to protect the “conservative” Jeff Sessions.....WOW......


3 posted on 07/25/2017 7:57:01 PM PDT by Nextrush (Freedom is everybody's business: Remember Pastor Niemoller)
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To: Helicondelta

Stupid, Stupid People...


4 posted on 07/25/2017 7:57:35 PM PDT by Despot of the Delta
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To: Helicondelta

Trump and Sessions have the Dems’ heads spinning.


5 posted on 07/25/2017 7:58:24 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Helicondelta

I don’t know who Durbin thinks he is, but the president is within his right to made any and all recess appointments he wishes during the recess.


6 posted on 07/25/2017 7:58:34 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation ("You can't fix America without pissing off the people who broke it".....Bill Mitchell)
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To: Nextrush

Game, Set, Match...Played right into Trump’s hands


7 posted on 07/25/2017 7:58:35 PM PDT by Despot of the Delta
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

This is interesting...the dems want Sessions left in place....hmmmmmm.


8 posted on 07/25/2017 7:58:36 PM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: Helicondelta

After today, what will they want?


9 posted on 07/25/2017 7:58:59 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: Nextrush

10 posted on 07/25/2017 7:59:08 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

They certainly didn’t want him. Next they want to keep him. As long as it makes Trump look bad.


11 posted on 07/25/2017 7:59:17 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Despot of the Delta

I’m slow so can you explain how this play’s into Trump’s hand?


12 posted on 07/25/2017 7:59:39 PM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: Helicondelta
This might explain why Trump felt a need to go through this whole WWE-style charade with Sessions. Get all of these Democrats to publicly support Sessions, so they have no credibility to criticize him when it becomes clear that the DOJ is involved in some serious matters involving prominent Democrats.

It seems like Barack Obama has been awfully quiet of late.

13 posted on 07/25/2017 7:59:50 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: LS

Ping


14 posted on 07/25/2017 8:00:01 PM PDT by Whenifhow (when, if and how will Obama be gone?)
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To: Nextrush

“The Democrats want to protect the conservative Jeff Sessions”

That should tell you all you need to know about Sessions.


15 posted on 07/25/2017 8:00:13 PM PDT by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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To: Helicondelta

Thought Sessions was a Klansman???


16 posted on 07/25/2017 8:00:30 PM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Helicondelta

If I’m Durbin, and I’m serious about plotting ways to block a possible Trump recess appointment in August, why would I be talking about it to the press.

And if I’m Trump, and I’m serious about wanting to get a recess appointment through for a Sessions replacement in August, why would I be tweeting about how disappointed I was with Sessions every 5 minutes?

Things are not as they seem.


17 posted on 07/25/2017 8:00:47 PM PDT by Prince Caspian
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To: Alberta's Child

I dunno, that seems like a stretch to me.


18 posted on 07/25/2017 8:01:23 PM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: Alberta's Child

Calm before the tsunami!!


19 posted on 07/25/2017 8:01:59 PM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: Helicondelta

They don’t want Trump to be able to escape the witch hunt that was set up for him.


20 posted on 07/25/2017 8:03:03 PM PDT by dforest
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