AFL-CIO Pushes Obama On Recess Appointment For Elizabeth Warren

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AFL-CIO Pushes Obama On Recess Appointment For Elizabeth Warren

Brian Beutler

The most influential labor organization in the country is pushing President Obama to appoint Elizabeth Warren to run the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau during the next congressional recess.

"By refusing to make any appointment to lead the CFPB, Senate Republicans effectively have recused themselves from having any input into whom President Obama appoints," reads an email alert to activists delivered Wednesday evening. "It's a dereliction of their constitutional duty to "advise and consent" on the president's nominees."

Fortunately, President Obama can bypass these obstructionists by making a recess appointment.

No matter who gets the recess appointment of President Obama, Republicans have made it clear they'll scream and holler. This reflects a sorry state in our politics--but it's also a historic opportunity to recess appoint Elizabeth Warren, who's already shown as acting director of the CFPB that she's a true champion for working families.... Urge President Obama to appoint Elizabeth Warren the next time Congress goes on recess.

The CFPB was created over Republican objections as part of the Wall Street reform law, to protect consumers from faulty or fraudulent financial products. Obama appointed Warren as an adviser to the Treasury department last year, to help stand up the bureau ahead of its official launch this coming July. That leaves him precious little time to get Warren, or any future director, confirmed by the Senate without either delaying the launch or calling into question the bureau's legal authority to operate independently.

Liberal advocates have consequently pressured Obama to use his recess appointment power to give the job to Warren. Forty-four Senate Republicans have declared that they will block any candidate to run the bureau, unless Congress fundamentally undermines its regulatory power, leaving the administration little choice but to recess appoint somebody.

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[ClarkUSA]

1. Fat chance. Senate Republicans will just keep procedurally obstructing recess appointments.

[vroomvroom]

2. Obama will NEVER Appoint Warren -- Goes against his prior decision making style

Let's be honest...his appointing Warren will upset republican backers which are big business (eg banks). History shows Obama's decisions will always lean towards supporting status-quo if it involves big business....always. Warren is a person who will fight for middle-class and this is a big no-no for big business.

I will bet $500 to anyone here on DU that he will never appoint Warren. I've made this bet back when i first signed up way back and i make it again. PM me for any interested parties. I am serious.

[ProSense]

3. Yeah,

that's what some said before he appointed her to set up the agency. Of course, they then took credit for forcing him to do so. Now those same people have returned to making the same bogus claims.

Vicious cycle.

[polmaven]

4. This is PURE speculation...

I have seen absolutely nothing to back it up, but what do you suppose the chances are that she has told the president that she will run for the Senate seat in MA in 2012? My own unsubstantiated speculation is that she has asked him to not let out her secret until she formally announces that intention. I have seen her name floated in the Boston papers more than once.