[xzins]

The president can contract with the recess appointee to provide incidental non-legal, non-personal service. Through contracting, there's got to be a zillion ways to finesse this.

Other than that, it seems odd that a president in control of the house and senate couldn't make this happen in the area of funding.

[Dog Gone]

You're still misunderstanding the law. Pickering will be paid this year. If Bush has to do another recess appointment of him next year, then he would go without salary.

[deport]

He gets paid........ for this session until the recess appt ends in Jan. 2005.....