“We feel very confident about the legal foundation upon which the president made this decision,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said Thursday during a briefing with reporters.
“I would be surprised if Republicans wanted to argue that [Congress is in session] even though the chambers are empty, even though many members of Congress have described what they’re on now as a recess … all of which plays into our argument that they’re in recess.”
Mr. Obama on Wednesday bypassed the Senate to install three members of the National Labor Relations Board and former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray as director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Read full story here: News New Mexico
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Why, oh, why is everyone so ignorant? Oh yeah, the public schools failed decades ago and now we have generations of educators who are also ignorant.
The Constitution DOES NOT ALLOW FOR RECESS APPOINTMENTS per se. It allows the President to "...fill up all Vacances THAT MAY HAPPEN DURING THE RECESS of the Senate...". The vacancy MUST occur during the Recess not before or after. If it occurs at any other time, the required process of Senate approval must be followed. Only ignorant people or liars claim any alternative readning of the clause.
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