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President Barack Obama won't be able to make recess appointments under a bipartisan Senate deal struck Wednesday night.

Under the deal, the Senate will hold pro forma sessions - where the presiding officer will gavel in, and gavel out - so that the chamber technically will stay in session, even though legislative business won't occur until after the November elections. By technically staying in session about twice a week, Obama won't be able to use his constitutional authority to bypass the Senate and install political appointees temporarily during extended recesses.

Both sides got a partial victory out of Wednesday night's accord. It ensures that Republican senators can't send Obama's nominees back to the White House, which would have forced the administration to renominate the choices even if they were partially through the legislative process. Senators have the authority to send back judicial and executive branch nominees if the chamber recesses for more than 30 days, and doing so would have angered Democrats trying to shepherd through a slew of stalled Obama nominees.

And Republicans scored a victory by ensuring Obama can't make recess appointments before the Senate returns for official business November 15.

After he became majority leader in 2007, Sen. Harry Reid began employing the practice to stop President George W. Bush from making recess appointments. Even though Reid stopped scheduling pro forma sessions in 2009 when Obama took office, some of the president's recess appointments - namely Don Berwick to head Medicare and Medicaid programs and Craig Becker to serve on the National Labor Relations Board - sparked fierce GOP outcry.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42934.html

Makes one wonder which particular commie rat bastard Obama was going to name while the Senate was off trying to save itself from the voters....

They're clearly not afraid of Obama anymore. This has to be from fear of him making it worse for Congress on the campaign trail.

Quote from: quiller on October 01, 2010, 03:55:48 PM
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42934.html

Makes one wonder which particular commie rat bastard Obama was going to name while the Senate was off trying to save itself from the voters....

They're clearly not afraid of Obama anymore. This has to be from fear of him making it worse for Congress on the campaign trail.

I would say they have his number after last time. 

It's starting...  A lot more libs will fall in line after the onslaught...

 ;D ;D ;D

This should send Bam Bam over the edge.....


Billy

Quote from: bama_beau_redux on October 01, 2010, 08:51:42 PM
We clearly no longer live in a Constitutional democracy.

So it's OK for Reid to do it, but not the Pubs?

who is it? Ambassador for partial birth abortions...

Quote from: bama_beau_redux on October 01, 2010, 09:16:11 PM
The entire process has become almost irreversibly corrupted.

See, we can agree sometimes... ;D

Quote from: bama_beau_redux on October 01, 2010, 09:16:11 PM
The entire process has become almost irreversibly corrupted.

Hmmmm     "The pot calling the kettle black" now.