The Senate in it's Constitutional role rejects your candidate so what do you do? You say the Hell with the Constitution. You know better and apoint him in a clear abuse of your office.
All 41 Senate Republicans wrote Obama this week urging him not to use a recess appointment for Becker, a former top lawyer with Service Employees International Union and the AFL-CIO, whose nomination was rejected by the Senate last month, 52-43.
This is abuse of power and if the Dems had any balls, should challenge him on this but we know what wimps they are don't we?
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John Adams “The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.”
Ronald Reagan: 'Everybody that is for abortion has already been born'
"I never said I was worth it. I only said I wouldn't do it for less " William F. Buckley Jr.
Hate to say this but Bush using same tactic to point broad memebers 7 times! More then any other president.
After the Senate voted them down?
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John Adams “The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.”
Ronald Reagan: 'Everybody that is for abortion has already been born'
"I never said I was worth it. I only said I wouldn't do it for less " William F. Buckley Jr.
If you look for the bad you will only see the bad. If you look for the good you will only see the good. Now tell me what do you see?
According to records kept by NLRB, the list of Bush’s NLRB appointees–including both recess appointments and confirmations–is as follows.
Peter J. Hurtgen (R) served under recess appointment by President Bush from 8/31/01 – 8/1/02.
Michael J. Bartlett (R) served entire term under recess appointment by President Bush. 01/22/02 – 11/22/02
William B. Cowen (R) served entire term under recess appointment by President Bush. 01/22/02 – 11/22/02
R. Alexander Acosta (R) was confirmed 11/22/02 and served from 12/17/02 – 08/21/03
Robert J. Battista (R) was confirmed by the Senate on 11/22/02 and served from 12/17/02 – 12/16/07
Peter C. Schaumber (R) served under recess appointment by President Bush from 9/1/05 – 8/3/06
Ronald E. Meisburg (R) served under recess appointment by President Bush from 01/12/04 – 12/08/04.
Peter N. Kirsanow (R) served under recess appointment by President Bush from 01/04/06 – 12/31/07
Dennis P. Walsh (D) serving under recess appointment by President Bush from 01/17/06 – present.
The GOP’s stated objection to Becker is that he’s too pro-labor, but many of Bush’s NLRB picks were corporate lawyers who represented firms in labor disputes.
Nevertheless, after a small minority "33 na" blocked Becker’s confirmation, trumping the 52 vote majority, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) said “I sincerely hope the White House does not circumvent the will of the Senate by appointing him when the Senate is out of session.”
However, with dozens of executive branch nominees backlogged by Republican obstruction, Obama has threatened to go there, and he has the backing of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka to do so
Last edited by bigturkeys; 03-27-2010 at 05:59 PM.
Sorry, not the samething bigturkey. The Senate did their duty, put Becker to a full Senate vote and they rejected him. So you're arguing apples and oranges. Notice, I didn't say anything about the 14 people who got appointed with out coming up for a vote?
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John Adams “The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.”
Ronald Reagan: 'Everybody that is for abortion has already been born'
"I never said I was worth it. I only said I wouldn't do it for less " William F. Buckley Jr.
Hey on top of that bigturkey, Ol' Harry refused to recess the Senate so Buch couldn't make anymore recess appointments. Of course, we're talking about truely blocked appointments not ones rejected out right by a majority vote.
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John Adams “The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.”
Ronald Reagan: 'Everybody that is for abortion has already been born'
"I never said I was worth it. I only said I wouldn't do it for less " William F. Buckley Jr.
Sorry, not the samething bigturkey. The Senate did their duty, put Becker to a full Senate vote and they rejected him. So you're arguing apples and oranges. Notice, I didn't say anything about the 14 people who got appointed with out coming up for a vote?
Once again, please show me another recess appointment that was rejected by the Senate and then appointed by recess. It may have happened sometime in our 200+ year history but I certainly have never heard of it before. So until you can possibly do that, don't even try and make the claim I only see what I want to see.
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John Adams “The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.”
Ronald Reagan: 'Everybody that is for abortion has already been born'
"I never said I was worth it. I only said I wouldn't do it for less " William F. Buckley Jr.
Once again, please show me another recess appointment that was rejected by the Senate and then appointed by recess. It may have happened sometime in our 200+ year history but I certainly have never heard of it before. So until you can possibly do that, don't even try and make the claim I only see what I want to see.
To Hell With The Constitution!
