Posted on 09/29/2010 8:38:38 PM PDT by kristinn
Senate Democrats agreed Wednesday night to a Republican demand to block President Obama from making recess appointments while Congress is out of town campaigning for the midterm elections.
Democratic leaders have agreed to schedule pro-forma sessions of the Senate every week over the next six weeks, a move that will prevent Obama from making emergency appointments, according to Senate sources briefed on the talks.
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Under the law, the president can only make a recess appointment if the Senate is adjourned for more than three consecutive days.
By scheduling pro-forma sessions on Mondays and Fridays, lawmakers can take away Obama’s ability to make recess appointments.
Obama had 115 executive- and judicial-branch nominees pending on the Senate’s executive calendar as of Wednesday afternoon.
Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had threatened to send Obama’s most controversial nominees back to the president if Democrats did not agree to schedule pro-forma sessions, according to a senior GOP aide.
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smokingfrog likes this
How many peices of silver did the Republicans have to give to get this concession from the Democratsand does Obama know?
Zero will be most displeased.
I doubt if the Republicans had to give the Dems anything. The last thing in the world the Dems want is Obama making more insane interim appointments right before the midterm elections.
He’d probably make Fidel Castro his new Secretary of Defense.
The demorats in the Senate and House did not want some more radicals and or marxists appointed before the election. This would give our side more campaign issues to use against the demonic-rat party.
Did you get it in writing?
” The last thing in the world the Dems want is Obama making more insane interim appointments right before the midterm elections.
He’d probably make Fidel Castro his new Secretary of Defense. “
Nah....Hugo chavez.
This’ll piss off a lot of LEFTISTS!! !
I thought Hugo was going to run the Dept. of Energy LOL
No. That’s for that Iranian guy. lol
I don’t buy it.
Every time the Repubs and Demos make a deal .. It’s never a deal!
(Well .. Unless you are a RINO)
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