US Senate Showdown

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US Senator Chuck Grassley may soon be butting heads with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as a Senate showdown becomes clear.

The Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday with strong bipartisan support endorsed legislation that would help shield special counsel Robert Mueller from any attempt by President Trump to fire him.

There are some questions about the constitutionality of the proposed legislation and Mitch McConnell will not allow the measure to get a vote. https://politi.co/2Huzi19

Dem lawmakers pushing bill to block the president from abusing power to pardon family members (link: http://hill.cm/14KeEWJ) hill.cm/14KeEWJ

Meanwhile, @POTUS finally concedes that Michael Cohen represented him in the “Stormy Daniels” case. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-for-first-time-that-…