Posted on 03/27/2010 2:08:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday announced his plan to make 15 recess appointments held up by Republican delays, including two Treasury Department positions and two on the National Labor Relations Board that have been vacant for more than a year.
Bonds
The move was likely to intensify an already bitter partisan atmosphere in Washington.
Obama accused Republicans of playing politics by obstructing his nominations, and calculated the appointments had already been held up for an average of 214 days.
"I simply cannot allow partisan politics to stand in the way of the basic functioning of government," said Obama, a Democrat, who days ago signed historic healthcare reform in the face of often vitriolic Republican opposition.
The two top Treasury posts are for Jeffrey Goldstein, nominee for Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, and Michael Mundaca, nominee for Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy.
"At a time of economic emergency, two top appointees to the Department of Treasury have been held up for nearly six months," Obama said in a statement.
The appointments on the NLRB were Craig Becker and Mark Pearce.
The five-member NLRB decides cases involving workers' rights to form and join unions and the nominations are part of a bigger fight between Democrats alongside organized labor, and the Republican Party and its allies in the business community.(continued)
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His nickname is now il douche.....
It’s not Bush’s Fault?
“I simply cannot allow partisan politics to stand in the way of the basic functioning of government,” said Obama.
What a weenie. This guy is really getting old fast.
Nothing he ever does is not partisan. ZerO has nothing but contempt for this country and government.
I don't know. How many states are in the US?
Until a few weeks ago the great goat fornicator had 60 dims in the senate. How’s the lack of appointments for a year the fault of the repubs?
The next Republican President will do the same.
A plurality of Americans voted for Marxism, and Marxism we will get.
0bambi must be taking the one term deal to heart .
DICTATOR!!
It’s not like Obama and the rest of the Democrat senators didn’t obstruct a ton of Bush appointees...
Good for the goose and all that,,,
Let’s remember Democrats of this when a Republican President has appointments and spots on the judiciary to fill.
Lincoln (AR) is trying to save her sorry rear. Isn’t going to work. We aren’t that dumb around here.
Was that actually how Mussolini posed?
Republicans had better not cooperate with Democrats on any legislation between now and November.
“This president is a low-rent, bottom feeder, and deserves to be in prison. “
B U M P
Well, I’m sure they are all clean-cut with no dialect issues, so it’s all good, right?
/Big S
One is the former lawyer for SEIU. Also a Marxist, but I lost count of Marxist appointments.
This guy is prideful.
He’s a complete ‘in-your-face’ punk.
I’ll never got over his treatment of Prime Minister Netanyahu.
Becker’s appointment is unconscionable.
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