McConnell Blocks Bill to Protect Mueller

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/11/14/mcconnell-blocked-bill-to-protect-mueller/

November 14, 2018 at 4:31 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 92 Comments

"SNIP.....

“A bill that would make it harder for President Trump to remove special counsel Robert Mueller was rejected on the floor of the Senate,” BuzzFeed Newsreports.

“Republican Sen. Jeff Flake and Democratic Sen. Chris Coons tried to bring the bill forward for debate, but they needed unanimous consent from their fellow senators. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused, meaning the bill will remain in limbo.”

“In an attempt to put pressure on McConnell to change his mind, Flake announced that he will not vote to confirm any more of Trump’s judicial nominees until the Senate gets a vote on the Mueller bill. Flake is a member of the Judiciary Committee, where Republicans have just a one-vote majority, and he could be key to confirming judges both in committee and in the full Senate this year.”

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[Laf.La.Dem.]

1. Sad to say BUT Flake will NOT block anything!!

[Bfd]

2. Obstruction. Indict every damned one of those criminals.

Am so sick of them.

Well by this, it is now on record .
And that is a start.

[Buckeyeblue]

3. OMG. How many times have we heard this?

[Bob Loblaw]

4. That leads me to believe

they aren't planning on confirming any more judicial nominees and Flake knows it. They don't have to, having retained the majority. And he's certainly shown that he won't stand up and vote against anything he says he's going to vote against. Blah blah blah Flake.

[blueinredohio]

5. How can that be? He wants to work with democrats.

[eleny]

6. Now we'll see if Flake is as good as his word about voting against seating judges