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GOP blocks recess appointments
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| December 17, 2011
| Manu Raju
Posted on 12/18/2011 3:06:39 PM PST by neverdem
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To: ez
‘Bout time we started playing a little hardball. Maybe we should start playing Cowboys and Muslims.
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posted on
12/18/2011 3:49:59 PM PST
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
To: neverdem
Are you calling the GOP “stupid” even when they do the right thing ????
That’s real good...
To: Cringing Negativism Network
The GOP grew a pair? No, they borrowed them off the trailer hitch of some guy's pickup truck. They'll return them next week and go back to singing soprano.
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posted on
12/18/2011 5:08:09 PM PST
by
ChildOfThe60s
( If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there)
To: neverdem
While I’m glad this is being done, one does have to wonder what would have been done had Obama promised NOT to recess-appoint anyone. Would McConnell have gone on recess, giving Obama the opening he needs? And look at it from Obama’s standpoint - he only has one year left in his term (assuming the Republicans don’t nominate Governor Perry), so what does he have to lose?
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posted on
12/18/2011 5:18:10 PM PST
by
BobL
("Heartless" and "Inhumane" FReepers for Cain - we've HAD ENOUGH)
To: neverdem
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posted on
12/18/2011 5:55:04 PM PST
by
CPT Clay
(Pick up your weapon and follow me.)
To: neverdem
Still functioning at bare minimum level though.
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posted on
12/18/2011 5:56:38 PM PST
by
editor-surveyor
(No Federal Sales Tax - No Way!)
To: neverdem
Same as was done for the summer recess. I’m glad the “tea party” members have gone ahead and taken his action.
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posted on
12/18/2011 6:30:31 PM PST
by
newzjunkey
(Republicans will find a way to reelect Obama and Speaker Pelosi.)
To: neverdem
Article II, Section 2. The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that
may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.
Both parties ignore the plain language of the constitution which only grants power to fill vacancies that happen during the recess, not those which occurred prior to the recess.
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posted on
12/18/2011 7:17:56 PM PST
by
etcb
To: neverdem; All
“It is wrong to dismiss the delays resulting from the Senate Republicans’ obstruction as merely political tit for tat, this is a new and damaging tactic Senate Republicans have devised. They are stalling action on noncontroversial nominees.”
~ Senator Patrick 'Leaky' Leahy (Dirtbag) VT
(December 21, 2008)
Chris Wallace, Fox News: "Mr. Vice President (Cheney), did you tell Senator Leahy, to go “f--k himself”?"
Vice President Dick Cheney: "I did."
Wallace: "Any qualms, second thoughts, or embarrassment?"
Vice President Cheney: "No, I thought he merited it at the time..."
AND HE STILL DOES!!!
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posted on
12/18/2011 7:22:22 PM PST
by
mkjessup
(Jimmy Carter is the Skidmark in the panties of American history, 0bama is the yellow stain in front.)
To: Recovering_Democrat
At least they said something and told Obama to take a hike in Hawaii and get lost.
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posted on
12/18/2011 8:10:18 PM PST
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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