Gimmick Failed This Time

[MaryAnne]

Dirty tricks by Cons not working now.Obama has the law on his side!

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/04/obama-to-make-recess-appointment-for-consumer-bureau/?utm_source=Raw+Story+Daily+Update&utm_campaign=ab93c6bc1c-1_4_111_4_2012&utm_medium=email

 

[GordonGecko]

Interesting strategy...now Repubs will have to decide if they want to REALLY put up a fight over Cordray or not.

If they do...they waste time on a triviality and their ratings plunge more.

If they don't...they show it was all obstructionism from the beginning, not a serious opposition to his appointment.

 

[lupehernandezdepedajack]

Dirty tricks by Cons not working now.Obama has the law on his side!

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/04/obama-to-make-recess-appointment-for-consumer-bureau/?utm_source=Raw+Story+Daily+Update&utm_campaign=ab93c6bc1c-1_4_111_4_2012&utm_medium=email

Thats funny the "trick" you point out was started during Bush's admin to keep him from making recess appointments..From Obama's point of view what is good for the Gander is not good for the Goose

 

[JuliefromOhio]

"The Constitution gives the President the authority to make temporary recess appointments to fill vacant positions when the Senate is in recess, a power all recent Presidents have exercised. The Senate has effectively been in recess for weeks, and is expected to remain in recess for weeks. In an overt attempt to prevent the President from exercising his authority during this period, Republican Senators insisted on using a gimmick called “pro forma” sessions, which are sessions during which no Senate business is conducted and instead one or two Senators simply gavel in and out of session in a matter of seconds. But gimmicks do not override the President’s constitutional authority to make appointments to keep the government running. Legal experts agree. In fact, the lawyers who advised President Bush on recess appointments wrote that the Senate cannot use sham “pro forma” sessions to prevent the President from exercising a constitutional power.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/...sumer-watchdog

for more on sham “pro forma” sessions.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...101405441.html

 

[Alinvegas]

The law on his side? Not hardly, but I'll grant you the fact that no republican has the balls to do anything about it. BTW. Just remember, when these things are done, it sets precedence. Don't forget that when this is turned around on Dems when the next Republican Pres. is in office. Payback can be hell....

 

[Alinvegas]

It never was about his appointment. You should read more...