Republican Senator Mike Lee recently blocked a vote with a bill that will have protected special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired.

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, gestures while talking to people in the media after leaving a closed door meeting about Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Senator Lee objected on the legislation Wednesday, claiming it had constitutional issues.

Under Senate rules, one senator is needed to block a ask a vote on legislation.

This adheres to Senators Jeff Flake, Chris Coons and Cory Booker took to the Senate floor in an attempt to force a vote to the bill for any second time.

Flake has previously said he previously not prefer judicial nominees up until the legislation to cover Mueller was voted on.

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