Article snippet: The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation on Thursday to protect special counsel MORE. In a 14-7 vote, the panel approved the bipartisan proposal that deeply divided Republicans on the committee. With every committee Democrat backing the legislation, only one Republican was needed to secure passage. In the end, four Republicans voted for the bill: Sens. MORE (Ariz.). Republican Sens. MORE (Texas) opposed it. The vote marks the first time Congress has advanced legislation to formally protect Mueller from being fired by MORE, who has railed against him in public and reportedly talked in private of dismissing him. The bill, sponsored by Tillis and Graham (R-S.C.) with Sens. MORE (D-Del.), would codify Department of Justice regulations that say only a senior Department of Justice official can fire Mueller or another special counsel. It would give a special counsel an "expedited review" of their firing. If a court determines that it wasn't for "good cause," the special counsel would be reinstated. The committee also added new reporting requirements into the bill, including notification when a special counsel is appointed or removed and requiring a report be given to Congress after an investigation wraps up; that report would detail the investigation's findings and prosecution decisions. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) blasted the reporting requirements as “reckless” because it would require a special counsel to hand over the names of individuals whom they decided no... Link to the full article to read more