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"Harry Hope" |
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19 Nov 2007 09:53:27 AM |
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Senate stays in session to block Bush recess appointments. |
From CNN, 11/19/07:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/19/senate.reid/index.html?section=cnn_topstories&eref=yahoo
Senate stays in session to block Bush recess appointments
WASHINGTON (CNN) --
Senators have left town for the Thanksgiving holiday, but the Senate
will technically stay in session -- a move that keeps President Bush
from making appointments while lawmakers are in recess.
The Senate will hold "pro forma sessions" while lawmakers are gone for
the Thanksgiving holiday.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, said he would schedule
"pro forma" sessions during the two-week break, even though lawmakers
will be absent and no business will be conducted.
The Constitution gives a president the power to fill vacancies without
the Senate's confirmation when the legislative body is in recess.
Such appointees can serve without confirmation through the rest of the
current session of Congress, which ends in January 2009.
Bush has used the power before to install nominees whose confirmation
Senate Democrats had blocked.
The most notable instance came in August 2005 when he angered
Democrats by naming John Bolton as U.N. ambassador.
"My hope is that this will prompt the president to see that it is in
our mutual interests for the nominations process to get back on
track," Reid said in a statement.
Reid said the Bush administration had informed him that several recess
appointments would be made during the Thanksgiving break.
At the same time, Reid said the White House has been unwilling to
confirm nominations Democratic leaders have suggested for agencies
such as the Federal Communications, Federal Energy Regulatory and
Nuclear Regulatory commissions.
"I indicated I would be willing to confirm various appointments if the
administration would agree to move on Democratic appointments," he
said.
"They would not make that commitment. As a result, I am keeping the
Senate in pro forma [session] to prevent recess appointments until we
get this process on track."
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About time
Harry
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| User: "me" |
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| Title: Re: Senate stays in session to block Bush recess appointments. |
19 Nov 2007 10:04:48 AM |
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On Nov 19, 10:53 am, Harry Hope <riv...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
From CNN, 11/19/07:http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/19/senate.reid/index.html?section...
Senate stays in session to block Bush recess appointments
WASHINGTON (CNN) --
Senators have left town for the Thanksgiving holiday, but the Senate
will technically stay in session -- a move that keeps President Bush
from making appointments while lawmakers are in recess.
[snip]
"I indicated I would be willing to confirm various appointments if the
administration would agree to move on Democratic appointments," he
said.
"They would not make that commitment. As a result, I am keeping the
Senate in pro forma [session] to prevent recess appointments until we
get this process on track."
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About time
This problem really needs fixing. The reasons that recess
appointments
were created in the first place don't really exist anymore. There
probably
needs to be some variation of the "pocket veto" with respect to
appointments. The Senate has X number of days to confirm
an appointment at which point it either becomes an implied
rejection or confirmation. The problem is forcing either side to
act. Presidents have been known to dig in heels and either
nominate no one, or to re-send the same name. A minority in
the senate can stop the whole senate from acting at all, not
even allowing "rejection" so to speak.
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| User: "fargo116" |
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| Title: Re: Senate stays in session to block Bush recess appointments. |
19 Nov 2007 10:10:50 AM |
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On Nov 19, 9:04 am, me <oconn...@slr.orl.lmco.com> wrote:
On Nov 19, 10:53 am, Harry Hope <riv...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
From CNN, 11/19/07:http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/19/senate.reid/index.html?section...
Senate stays in session to block Bush recess appointments
WASHINGTON (CNN) --
Senators have left town for the Thanksgiving holiday, but the Senate
will technically stay in session -- a move that keeps President Bush
from making appointments while lawmakers are in recess.
And there is nothing the Drunken Frat Boy can do about it.
S. Olson
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