Tag: recess appointments
By Jeralyn, Section Other Politics
Posted on Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 07:43:57 PM EST
Tags: recess appointments (all tags)
Posted on Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 07:43:57 PM EST
Tags: recess appointments (all tags)
Our imperial president is up to his usual tricks.
President Bush today made three controversial recess appointments, bypassing the need for Senate confirmation.
The president used recess appointments to install Sam Fox, a major Republican donor from Missouri, to be ambassador to Belgium; Andrew G. Biggs of New York to be deputy commissioner of Social Security, and Susan E. Dudley of Virginia to be administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the office of Management and Budget.
One, Sam Fox, was a financier of the Swift Boat circus against John Kerry. The Administration had withdrawn his nomination in March.
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