presumably mcturtle doesn't mind a donnie recess appointment.

And force Republicans to agree to pro-forma sessions.

Both the House and Senate must agree before they can recess.

As I recall, McConnell started doing did this sometime in 2010 before Republicans took the House, to thwart Obama recess appointments.

Interesting question, though!

mcturtle may not go nuclear but there's nothing to stop him from a recess . Congress decides when it is in recess

n/t

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recess_appointment

To remain in effect, a recess appointment must be approved by the Senate by the end of the next session of Congress, or the position becomes vacant again; in current practice this means that a recess appointment must be approved by roughly the end of the next calendar year. Recess appointments are authorized by Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, which states:


The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

I suspect that he would withdraw. You would probably get someone a lot less likely to pass a confirmation, maybe Melania for example.

They don't need to recess appoint him.

nuclear option vote for Thursday. It's on CNN.com now.

I'd love to see him stroke out live on CSPAN as they count the votes.

I just wish Obama would have used it when he had a chance. Yes. All hell would have broken loose, but we had
A better chance then than now...and hell was eventually going to break loose anyway.