Sorry for this being a very short diary, but I wanted to clear something up; Is the Senate in recess? My understanding is that it is in profoma session (the floor calendar seems to support this), but I’m a bit unclear. I just spoke with Sen. Schumer’s office and was told that the appointment of Whitaker is legal as it is a recess appointment. I asked to clarify if the Senate was in recess and was told it is. It is very troubling to me that the Minority Leader either doesn’t know the law, or doesn’t know that the Senate is not in recess. Am i missing something?
My other concern is that he doesn’t want the fight and is going to pretend that there is nothing he can do because of a recess appointment, which might be the most troubling thought of all.