Posted on 08/04/2012 9:15:46 AM PDT by GregNH
This is nuts.
This is an end run around the likely new conservatives joining the senate. It will reduce their influence to stop
appointments.
A sham in the same way the debt ceiling was.
Levin was LIVID about this when news broke last week.
Says Romney told the GOP leaders in house and senate to do it.
Sickening. Where are the checks and balances?
I heard boner was in for this also. Now more than ever we need to rid ourselves of these feckless deballed cowards who would rather agree and be the good guy than work for the American people and the constitution.
The law now allows Obama and future presidents to name appointees to senior positions in every branch of the administration, from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of Homeland Security.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/10/obama-signs-bill-exempting-presidential-appointees-from-senate-confirmation/
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