recess appointments

Well, the SCOTUS has decided that Obama was wrong with his recess appointments, because the congress wasn't really in recess. By keeping one person with a gavel, for 1 minute, at the Senate every three days, the GOP fulfilled the requirements to say that the Senate wasn't really in recess. I...

As may have been discussed previously, President Obama decided in 2012 to appoint several people to positions in the National Labor Relations Board using his recess appointment power. He did this despite the fact the Senate was still technically in session, holding pro forma sessions every...

http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/202425-chamber-official-court-fight-over-obamas-appointments-almost-certain "Obama infuriated Republicans Wednesday by announcing the recess appointment of Richard Cordray to be the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)...

Interesting parliamentary stunt to keep Bush from making recess appointments: Why should Bush need to make recess appointments in the first place? Dave Barry's annual review of the past year sums up this congress's fecklessness: Wonder what Dave's gonna do with 25 second long Senate...