Possibly if Congress wouldnt declare a recess for 72 hours, bang the gavel to open it again, then bang it again to close it (repeatly) this wouldnt have happened at ALL. As for it being a blatant power grab, well then what does that make Reagan? Ronald Reagan made 232 recess appointments during his eight years in office. Bill Clinton and George W. Bush each made well more than 100. In 1903, Theodore Roosevelt made more than 160 recess appointments during one short break between congressional sessions. To date, Obama has made only 32 recess appointments. But in this case, he did so to get around the Senates intransigence rather than its absence — something both liberal and conservative justices frowned upon during oral arguments in January. Maybe its just me, but Im guessing if he hadnt have appointed anyone, somebody, somewhere, would have had a problem with that too. I personally think the next time Congress decides to take its ball and go home? They should be thrown in jail until they are ready to open again. The vast majority of working people in this country dont get to just take endless time off en masse because they arent getting their way - why should they? JMO.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:42:24 +0000
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