"Congress Blocks Recess Appointmets" I HATE RETHUGS! WITH A PASSION!

[in_cog_ni_to]

:grr::grr::grr::grr:

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Republicans have used it frequently under President Obama—during the Memorial Day recess, the July 4 recess and through the rest of this month. In June, the freshman class of House Republicans sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner urging him to prevent recess appointments and offering their services for covering the pro forma sessions.

“We understand that our request will very likely mean that the House of Representatives will meet no less than once every three days for the remainder of 2011 and all of 2012,” the lawmakers wrote. “We stand ready to assist you in ensuring there are always sufficient members to cover the necessary pro forma sessions.”

By keeping Congress technically in session, Republicans will be able to keep the president from naming a temporary head to the recently formed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The new bureau's powers are limited without a director, and Republicans have vowed to oppose the confirmation of a new director unless the agency's authority is rolled back. They've speculated that President Obama might resort to a recess appointment in order to get his new nominee, former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, finally on the job.

Overall, President Obama has made relatively few recess appointments. The New York Times noted that he’s made 15—which the White House openly announced last year, citing "Republican obstruction"—compared to President Bush’s 171 and President Clinton’s 139 recess appointments.

http://www.nationofchange.org/congress-blocks-recess-appointments-1312559211

[wilt the stilt]

1. he's a "negro"

their hate is out of control. Borders on insanity.

[Ruby the Liberal]

2. I need Civics 101 help here

The House doesn't have responsibility for confirming nominees - that is the Senate, right? So how does the House gumming up the works stop that process?

[napi21]

4. The Oresident can do "recess appoointments" if the congress goes on vacation for more than 3 days.

This will stop Obama from making any recess appts.

[in_cog_ni_to]

5. The House is stopping the Senate from Adjourning, so Obama cannot make his recess appointments.

A tool provided by the Constitution in Article I, Section 5, which stipulates that, "Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days. ..."

Typically, the House and Senate pass what's known as a concurrent resolution allowing them to adjourn, and its passage is a mere formality. But if the House GOP refused to agree to it, then the Senate could not recess for more than three days.

[Ruby the Liberal]

11. Thanks

[in_cog_ni_to]

13. de nada.

:)

[napi21]

3. I hate them too, but to be fair, the Dems did that when "W" was

in office.

[in_cog_ni_to]

6. The idiot-in-chief had 171 appointments. Obama 15... Hardly a fair comparison.

:grr:

[Kalidurga]

7. The GOP is everything we have said it is and more

just let them keep proving it. Their level of insanity will be hard to keep under wraps.

[grahamhgreen]

8. Amazing how the Dems can never do this.

[tritsofme]

10. Incorrect. Harry Reid essentially invented this play in 2007

To shutdown Bush's recess appointments.

[grahamhgreen]

15. Thanks!

[tritsofme]

9. When Reid got the ball rolling on this strategy in 2007 to prevent Bush's recess appointments

You had to know it would come around like this.

But who knows? Such a maneuver was probably inevitable, and maybe for once Reid was ahead of the game?

[jwirr]

12. We used this to stop boooosh from making appointments to but we

did not do it until late in his second term. In the end this is just another tool to obstruct for the rethugs.

[Obamanaut]

14. Isn't it true that the president (a president) can adjourn Congress? So, if the congress

is impeding appointments, why not adjourn/appoint.

edited to add link to earlier post from another DUer.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=439&topic_id=1647580

Did You Know That The President Can Adjourn Congress