Posted on 04/04/2007 1:48:38 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Bush bypasses Senate to name ambassador
By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer 7 minutes ago
President Bush named Republican fundraiser Sam Fox as U.S. ambassador to Belgium on Wednesday, using a maneuver that allowed him to bypass Congress where Democrats had derailed Fox's nomination.
Democrats had denounced Fox for his 2004 donation to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. The group's TV ads, which claimed that Sen. John Kerry exaggerated his military record in Vietnam, were viewed as a major factor in the Massachusetts Democrat losing the election.
Recognizing Fox did not have the votes to obtain Senate confirmation, Bush withdrew the nomination last month. On Wednesday, with Congress out of town for a spring break, the president used his power to make recess appointments to put Fox in the job without Senate confirmation.
This means Fox can remain ambassador until the end of the next session of Congress, effectively through the end of the Bush presidency.
Bush also used his recess appointment authority to make Andrew Biggs deputy director of Social Security. The president's earlier nomination of Biggs, an outspoken advocate of partially privatizing the government's retirement program, was rejected by Senate Democrats in February.
Fox, a 77-year-old St. Louis businessman, gave $50,000 to the Swift Boat group. He is national chairman of the Jewish Republican Coalition and was dubbed a "ranger" by Bush's 2004 campaign for raising at least $200,000. He is founder and chairman of the Clayton, Mo.-based Harbour Group, which specializes in the takeover of manufacturing companies
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“I wonder if all the posters here who decried Bush for having no B*lls when the nomination was pulled, will show up and apologize.”
MY THOUGHT EXACTLY!!
[BTW: REAL men think with their brains not their genitalia!]
BAM! KAPOWIE! Bush delivers a nice right hook.
Me likey. ;^)
W has nothing but the short term left in his presidency. Too bad Bolton wasn’t named to State and Condi to the UN.
Can’t wait to see the editorials in tomorrows papers.
Recess appointments at this stage of the Bush presidency last until December 31, 2008, or just 3 weeks b4 the end of the Bush presidency.
Now, let’s move on with more recess appointments tomorrow, and the next day and the next, and then the one after that. For those who are willing to serve for two years w/o Senate confirmation and can go back to the private sector, who cares if the media and the RATS go loco.
Let’s appoint lots of circuit court judges tomorrow who have been lanquishing in committee or who face uphill confirmation odds.
While we are at it, let’s appoint Ann Coulter to one of the circuits, preferably a vacancy on the DC circuit.
Na-na.
Way to go GWB - back bone alert !!!!
Keep it going - and watch your poll numbers come up.
LEAD
I can’t tell you how it would make my day for a ton of recess appointments to be made! Let the President just stand up and say that he’s doing it because Congress saw fit to take a recess while there was urgent business to attend to and they can plan on more such appointments every time Congress leaves town!
Excellent move! Thank goodness the President did this.
I bet it wouldn’t seem so short to the MSM/Lefties if he started making recess appointments by the dozen!
I hope that he adds the recess appointments of seven new federal prosecutors to the list of recess appointments before the Congress resumes operations.
according to NRO, four recess appointments were made today. Very good start.
Hopefully more tomorrow and the next day and the next.
Judges, please, Mr. President. Lotsa judges.
Probably not!
“according to NRO, four recess appointments were made today. Very good start.”
That’s GREAT news! I’d love to see more. This could get really fun!
Okay - I apologize! Kudos to the President!
President Bush has been doing things like this for YEARS...not just now.
I hate to give douchebag underground any attention, but this is funny how they are handling the news:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2794476
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