if dems are so worried about mueller getting fired

[orleans]

why don't they take turns keeping the senate open and not go on recess?

on edit:
they did it before
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/345261-senate-blocks-trump-from-making-recess-appointments-over-break

[PragmaticDem]

1. Only the majority has that power.

[dflprincess]

2. Can the minority party do that?

[orleans]

3. i don't know

but there was this in august
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/345261-senate-blocks-trump-from-making-recess-appointments-over-break

[Hortensis]

12. It means he can't slip Mueller in to replace Tillerson.

No one's worried about returning after the holidays and finding Mueller's now our secretary of state or Kozinski's replacement on the 9th Circuit, though.

[shraby]

4. I think the republicans have been keeping it open and not going into recess, at least they

were. Don't know about now.

[applegrove]

5. Yes Friday is the day it is rumoured to happen. Crossing my fingers it

doesn't.

[cbreezen]

6. I'm pretty sure the Rs kept it open during the their vacations to prevent

rogue presidential appointments during the Obama administration. I have no idea whether they intend to do the same with this administration.

[RealityChik]

7. Pro forma rules only apply to appointments...

Not firings. And for reasons I don't understand, this opens up the majority party To filibuster by the minority party...it's quite complicated but here's an article that makes this clearer.

https://newrepublic.com/minutes/144027/no-trump-cant-use-congress-recess-squash-russia-scandal-unless-democrats-let-him

And, yes, only the majority party can initiate this. Better hope trump doesn't fire Sessions because he could TRY to appoint a new AG that WOULD fire Mueller.

The soap opera continues. "As the Trump Circus World Turns..."?

[BiminiTwisted]

8. Why don't they withhold the budget extension unless Mueller protection is part of the bill

Make the republicans defend shutting the government down because they won't take measures to protect a lawful investigation.

[m3n0z]

9. Not really worried about Mueller being fired.

I am more curious as to why Trump has not and may not fire him.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. Don't you think it would be a problem if Trump tried firing him?

Just yesterday he said he wouldn't, but he changes his mind on a regular basis.

[m3n0z]

14. He looks too comfortable

with Mueller and isn't showing much interest in firing him. I think Mueller looks more threatening to Trump than he rely is. Sorry, the whole thing looks like showmanship. So far, Mueller has not delivered the justice that was hoped for. Exposing minions for testimonial inaccuracies barely meets the definition of justice. Mueller is expected to deliver trump on a silver platter. So far he has neither , Trump nor Platter. Trying to fire Mueller would be a bad if he tried.

[Rhiannon12866]

15. What we have heard is that Trump isn't being given accurate information on the Mueller investigation

And that could be why Trump said he isn't interested in firing him. His handlers are protecting Trump from any bad news since there's no telling how he'll react. And we've also heard that the Mueller investigation has gotten quite complicated - there is so much information - that it could last another year.

Mueller Probe Expected to Last Through 2018, Despite What Trump’s Lawyers Say
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/12/mueller-probe-to-continue-despite-what-trumps-lawyers-say.html

BTW, welcome to DU!

[Eliot Rosewater]

18. Mueller knows what he is doing. Mueller needs our support, period.

[JI7]

11. because when he fired Comey things seemed to get worse

the thing is that firing doesn't end what is going on.

[Eliot Rosewater]

13. If he fires him hopefully he gets zero results as to shutting it down and

huge negatives for doing it.

I think about 65% of this country now realizes trump is an actual traitor.

For instance if a democrat had done one one thousandth of what we know trump has done, that democrat would be impeached, imprisoned and chased to another galaxy.

A democrat could not own a hotel, let alone do what trump has done, for one day, they would be gone.

[gopiscrap]

19. welcome to du

[Demsrule86]

16. They always do... but that won't stop Trump.

[icymist]

17. I'm amazed that all the faith everyone had in Mueller seems to stop at his firing.

Wow. Just wow.