"Bush Recess Appointments Meet With Protest"

[in_cog_ni_to]

Bush Recess Appointments Meet With Protest
By DEB RIECHMANN
Thu Jan 5, 10:05 PM

WASHINGTON - President Bush's decision to bypass the Senate in filling posts at the State Department, Federal Election Commission and National Labor Relations Board drew protests Thursday from lawmakers and advocacy groups.<snip>



<snip>White House press secretary Scott McClellan said the appointments were necessary to fill vacancies, and that a few posts were empty because some lawmakers "are playing politics with the nomination process."

However, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said the regular confirmation process should be used so the Senate can be assured that nominees are qualified.

Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., protested Hans von Spakovsky's appointment to the FEC. Kennedy said von Spakovsky, a Justice Department lawyer who was Republican Party chairman in Fulton County, Ga., worked toward requiring Georgia voters to have a photo identification _ a requirement critics said would harm black voters.

Kennedy also contended that von Spakovsky was involved in a decision that rejected a recommendation of career Justice Department lawyers in a Texas redistricting case. Those lawyers had concluded that the redistricting plan violated the Voting Rights Act of 1965 because it eliminated several districts where minorities had substantial voting power and illegally diluted black and Hispanic voting power.<snip>

http://www.comcast.net/news/politics/index.jsp?cat=POLITICS&fn=/2006/01/05/298006.html

Even Lieberman has voiced a protest. Can these appointments be over-turned? Can ANYTHING be done about these appointments? It looks like the "excuse" they're using is...because the Senate held a pro forma session Tuesday and then adjourned, the White House contends the second session of the 109th Congress has begun. :grr:

I hate these bastards.:grr:

[babylonsister]

1. When did we cross over into a dictatorship?

Because that's what it's feeling like more and more. :grr:
I want Congress back and to start fighting for what's right, gawddammit!

[demnan]

2. Congress fight?

You must be kidding, right?

[lonestarnot]

3. From the moment of the first stolen election.

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. ditto!

As soon as the SCOTUS appointed their king, it was over. If they could get away with that, they could get away with ANYTHING.

SCREWED since 2000.

[lonestarnot]

6. Very pissed off here this morning in AZ. Jan Brewer contracted with

Diebold for use of their machines throughout AZ. Sent her a nasty email this morning: I understand that you have contracted with Diebold and have purchased hackable vote machines for use throughout Arizona elections. If you think Arizona voters are going to take this crap you are just wrong. Are you related to Catherine Harris or Blackwell? You have just joined their ranks as you well know. How does it feel to be despised as a democracy killer?

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. Your email...I LIKE it!

She deserved it!:grr:

[lonestarnot]

8. Had to let off a little steam. Am thinking of other methods now. LOL

[dogday]

5. Recess appointments becoming a frequent

activity at the White House. Only way to get these crooks through the cracks....