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Home Front: Politix
Obama announces 15 recess appointments, scolds GOP
2010-03-28
Ay Pee. The appointments to be announced over the next week. The list thus far:

union lawyer Craig Becker and an unnamed other to the National Labor Relations Board

at the Treasury Department: Jeffrey Goldstein as under secretary for domestic finance and Michael Mundaca as assistant secretary for tax policy

four people to the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission
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#6  Won't happen, not while they're political appointees
Posted by: Pappy   2010-03-28 23:41  

#5  Not if they are smart and get themselves integrated into the Federal system as GG or SES employees BEFORE they are discharged.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-03-28 14:22  

#4  Those appointments are good only until the end of this congress then they will have to be resubmitted.

Basically, they loose their jobs after the November elections.

Posted by: crosspatch   2010-03-28 14:20  

#3  Now, I would say that while Republicans & Democrats squabble---the One prepares the machinery to rule without elections (the way all his friends do). But, of course, things like this can't happen in America.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2010-03-28 13:04  

#2  Given his propensity for being the National Nag, POTUS should be changed to SCOLDUS.
Posted by: SteveS   2010-03-28 10:33  

#1  Speaking of lying liars -- Chuck Schumer just said on Meet the Press (with a straight face) that the reason there's no TSA head is because of Republicans holding up the appointments.
Posted by: Gomez Threter7450   2010-03-28 10:28  

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