WASHINGTON (AP) - Circumventing Senate opposition, President Bush (news - web sites) signed recess appointments Friday for conservatives Otto Reich and Eugene Scalia.The kind of story we never saw during Slick's term...A senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the White House gave Congress formal notification of the long-threatened appointments early Friday afternoon.
By exercising his executive authority while Congress is in recess, Reich and Scalia will be allowed to serve until Congress recesses again at the end of the year.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Circumventing Senate opposition, President Clinton (news - web sites) signed recess appointments Friday for liberals ___________ and _____________.Funny how that works, huh?A senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the White House gave Congress formal notification of the long-threatened appointments early Friday afternoon.
By exercising his executive authority while Congress is in recess, _____ and ______ will be allowed to serve until Congress recesses again at the end of the year.
The kind of story we never saw during Slick's term...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Circumventing the U.S. Constitution's Senate confirmation process, President Clinton (news - web sites) signed a recess appointment Friday for extreme liberal Bill Lan Lee, even though the Senate had previously rejected his nomination.
A senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the President gave Congress the upraised middle finger with one hand while clutching his crotch with the other and shouting "I've got your Senate rejection right here!" early Friday afternoon.
By exceeding his executive authority while Congress is in recess, clinton will allow Lee to serve until Congress recesses again at the end of the year, when he will once again use the recess appointment to install him to the post.
Funny how that works, huh?