Sunday, November 18, 2007

Senate Stays In Session to Block Recess Appointments

The Washington Post reports Senate Stays In Session to Block Recess Appointments. I'm pretty happy at the tactic. Reid did something good. But we'll see about over Christmas and New Years.

"Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-NV), in a showdown with the White House over executive branch nominations, refused yesterday to formally adjourn the chamber for a planned two-week Thanksgiving break in order to thwart President Bush's ability to make recess appointments."

"I am committed to making that progress if the President will meet me half way," Reid said in a statement inserted in the Congressional Record. "But that progress can't be made if the President seeks controversial recess appointments and fails to make Democratic appointments to important commissions."

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