Some Republicans are starting to break up with the President you love so much! Executive privilege has been my major issue since the beginning of his term.
The White House has also ignored the growing concerns from GOP senators over Trump's reliance on acting secretaries to run his Cabinet, a move that allows them to avoid the Senate confirmation process and his officials to temporarily escape nomination hearings intended to get their positions on the record and accountable to oversight.
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, called it "not a good situation."
"I think this is the way our system needs to work — with checks and balances," said Johnson of Wisconsin.
While Republicans acknowledge that Democrats have made the confirmation process harder, they are calling on the Trump administration to name permanent heads.
"An acting person is there, after all, for a limited period of time, and you do want to have as much continuity in leadership posts as possible," said Sen. Mitt Romney, a Republican of Utah.
"I do think the acting secretary issue is problematic because it doesn't give us as members the oversight that we need to have," said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a West Virginia Republican.
While there's historically tension between the Executive Branch and Legislative Branch, even Republicans acknowledge there's a key difference in this situation: The President is ignoring Congress, and often federal law, to try to achieve his objectives. The Trump administration has pointedly blown off bipartisan demands to comply with federal law to determine the role the Saudi crown prince played in the murder of a Washington Post journalist.
"I think there will be continued pressure from Congress to do more," Sen. Cory Gardner, a Republican of Colorado, told CNN.
"I think he's trying what he believes is a presidential approach, where many of us look at it and say the President is making this more difficult than what this has to be," said Sen. Mike Rounds, a Republican of South Dakota.
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I would have been OK until after Easter.
Some Republicans are starting to break up with the President you love so much! Executive privilege has been my major issue since the beginning of his term.
The White House has also ignored the growing concerns from GOP senators over Trump's reliance on acting secretaries to run his Cabinet, a move that allows them to avoid the Senate confirmation process and his officials to temporarily escape nomination hearings intended to get their positions on the record and accountable to oversight.
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, called it "not a good situation."
"I think this is the way our system needs to work — with checks and balances," said Johnson of Wisconsin.
While Republicans acknowledge that Democrats have made the confirmation process harder, they are calling on the Trump administration to name permanent heads.
"An acting person is there, after all, for a limited period of time, and you do want to have as much continuity in leadership posts as possible," said Sen. Mitt Romney, a Republican of Utah.
"I do think the acting secretary issue is problematic because it doesn't give us as members the oversight that we need to have," said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a West Virginia Republican.
While there's historically tension between the Executive Branch and Legislative Branch, even Republicans acknowledge there's a key difference in this situation: The President is ignoring Congress, and often federal law, to try to achieve his objectives. The Trump administration has pointedly blown off bipartisan demands to comply with federal law to determine the role the Saudi crown prince played in the murder of a Washington Post journalist.
"I think there will be continued pressure from Congress to do more," Sen. Cory Gardner, a Republican of Colorado, told CNN.
"I think he's trying what he believes is a presidential approach, where many of us look at it and say the President is making this more difficult than what this has to be," said Sen. Mike Rounds, a Republican of South Dakota.
You would support Trump for life as President.
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