Golly! Did it really happen?
Are the "brave" Democrats really going to prevent bad Republicans from making icky recess appointments?
Dweb raised the issue yesterday at:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Well! Even Faux News says it's so so it must REALLY be so:
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats made a rare move Friday to block President Bush from making any recess appointments by technically keeping the Senate in session over its two-week Thanksgiving break.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid issued a statement saying the White House has told him it planned on making "several" recess appointments — generally frowned upon by lawmakers who balk when their "advise and consent" role is circumvented.
Reid also said that the White house has stalled on Reid's requests for appointments to certain boards that require bipartisan splits such as the Federal Communications Committee, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and others....
Virginia's Senator Webb seems to be the chap who put the strategy in place:
Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., formally set in motion the procedures that will keep the Senate open. Hours later, the White House issued a statement pointing to the Senate's failure to act on a number of judicial nominees, including a statement by Bush on Thursday adding seven more judges to his list of judges he hopes to confirm.
The Bush is not pleased:
"I look forward to working with the United States Senate to confirm these good men and women as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the Senate has failed to act on many of my other nominees. ... This leads to what are called 'judicial emergencies' — vacancies that cause justice to be degraded or delayed," Bush said.
Oh, blah de blah blah, your Holy Bush!
The White House goes on to whine:
The White House said the 11 circuit judges await confirmation, and another six the administration has labeled as "judicial emergencies" are stalled in the Judiciary Committee. The White House also pointed out that while the current Senate has held nomination hearings for four circuit court nominees, the previous Senate had held 10 by the end of its first year.
Okey Dokey! Let's have a look at these turkeys? How much money have they contributed to the Bush campaigns. When did they swear their oath of loyalty to Das Führerprinzip? Were they coerced into swearing such an oath or did they do so freely?
Oh yeah! How long have they been members of the Federalist Society?
Fox goes on to mention some appointments that made Democrats--they forgot to mention Thinking Americans, very unhappy:
The Democrats' action appears to be in response to earlier recess appointments by Bush that had been heavily opposed by Democrats, including U.S. ambassador to Belgium Sam Fox, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, U.S. Appeals Court Judge Charles Pickering, and DEA chief Julie Myers.
John Bolton! The man of nightmares!
See the Fox report at:
http://www.foxnews.com/...