Liberal groups call for (Elizabeth) Warren recess appointment

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Source: The Washington Post

Liberal groups rallied around Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday and renewed calls for her to lead the fledgling consumer watchdog agency, a day after she was accused of lying in a contentious congressional hearing.

An online petition circulated by the Campaign for America’s Future asking the White House to appoint her while the Senate is in recess garnered 20,000 signatures by Wednesday afternoon. A similar effort from Progressive Change Campaign Committee signed up 10,000 people an hour in the first five hours, organizers said, and won support from Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.).

“We have momentum, President Obama is paying attention, and an outpouring of national support will make a big difference,” Franken wrote in a letter to constituents released Wednesday.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created as part of sweeping reforms of the nation’s banking system that Congress passed last year. The White House tapped Warren to help set up the agency but has not named her — or anyone else — to lead it. The agency is slated to open for business July 21, but it will have limited authority if no director is in place.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/liberal-groups-call-for-warren-recess-appointment/2011/05/25/AGRV8XBH_story.html

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Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution: "The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session."

[Zorra]

1. A recess appointment sounds great to me. She's perfect for the job. nt

[w4rma]

2. She should run for the Senate. She'll be more dangerous there. (nt)