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.
I found this link at the rats nest
This isn't exactly correct. If the Senate really opposed these nominations they would have voted to reject them. The headline should actually read: "Circumventing a dormant Senate mired in self-imposed gridlock . . ."
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.
Hmmm. Wonder if the use of the word "long-threatened" shows an editorial bias, or a fact.
askel5, I'd rather Bush did what he did, working within the recess appointment rules when the Senate refuses to do its job, than have the posts go unfilled. Mr. Bush has demonstrated extraordinary patience and broke no rules or laws.