Reid moves to block recess appointments over break.
By on Nov 16th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Reid moves to block recess appointments over break.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) put out a statement today saying that he will hold pro forma sessions over Thanksgiving break in order to prevent President Bush from using the congressional vacation to recess appoint controversial nominees. For pro forma sessions, Reid would “call the chamber into nonvoting sessions every three days — thus doing away with an extended recess.”
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Finally a move from the Democrats to stop the usurping of the Constitution.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:22 pmhey, only a year after we voted them in to stop Bush…..not bad!
November 16th, 2007 at 12:24 pmNow watch the pouting crybaby Bush throw a hissy fit.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:25 pmGood move, stop this War Criminal from appointing anymore fascist, corrupt, cronies into government (what a joke) positions.
Buck Fush
November 16th, 2007 at 12:25 pmFinally, the Dems are using a bit of political creativity to thwart the Emperor! Now watch his acting out in public!
November 16th, 2007 at 12:26 pmGood move Harry,
Chymp, you’re in check.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:27 pmI will believe it after it happens. Der Führer will probably appoint by executive fiat anyway.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:29 pmFirst real thing you’ve done Harry. Keep it up!
November 16th, 2007 at 12:30 pmSenator Reid > since you were unable to strong arm Schumer and Feinstein to block Mukasey as AG, and allowed Dodd to vote with GOPers today, thus it is very difficult to believe you any longer.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:31 pmWhats Reid’s notion on Impeachment?
November 16th, 2007 at 12:31 pmI hope he really does it.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:32 pmThere’s going to be some shit flinging, petulant hooting fits now!
November 16th, 2007 at 12:33 pmWhat did Dodd vote with the GOP on today?
November 16th, 2007 at 12:37 pmIt’s really sad that Reid needs to resort to what are really procedural tricks to prevent this president from making these appointments, but that is what needs to be done as this president has already rammed some real doozies in during recess. I haven’t been to happy with Harry this past year (or Nancy) as they have been way too timid in confronting this 24% approval president, but on this one I will say good job.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:37 pmNow, w/ Feingold threatening to fillibuster over the telecomm immunity issue, Feinstein voting AGAINST immunity, and Reid showing some testicles, let’s see if Congress’ numbers start to climb a little.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:38 pm“… but on this one I will say good job.”
Comment by Blue Stater — November 16, 2007 @ 12:37 pm
Procedural tricks? It never bothers the GOOPers to pull this sort of nonsense. What’s good for the goose…
November 16th, 2007 at 12:40 pmThere is a God!
November 16th, 2007 at 12:45 pmBout freaking time this was done. This is how you deal with arrogant, egomaniacal authoratarians like Bush…you take their toys away and send them to their rooms without dinner.
Now he’s going to have to play nice or he doesn’t get what he wants.
I agree this is necessary, that’s what I said, Bush has driven the Senate to having to do this because everyone knows he can’t be trusted to not put in people who could never actually be confirmed otherwise.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:45 pmMost attitudes here mirror my own. This is a good move, and a long overdue first step toward curbing the excesses of Chimpy. But I’ll believe it when I see it. Harry Reid has squandered a lot of trust in his leadership.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:50 pmNow, if we see some Contempt of Congress citations come down the pipe… that will be a different story.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:51 pmGood for Harry – I urge everyone to call his office and let him know that we really LIKE this idea.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:52 pmHere’s the number: (202) 224-3542
November 16th, 2007 at 12:54 pmThat’s all well and good, but Harry should also do the same thing at the end of the year, during the Christmas – New Years period. In order for this to mean anything, there has to be no recess at all untill 2009. It would make no sense to prevent a recess appointment now, only to have it happen 4 weeks from now.
November 16th, 2007 at 1:04 pmRepublicants aren’t going to like missing out on vacation time, I can tell you! screw ‘em…
November 16th, 2007 at 1:14 pmWon’t the boy king just make acting appointments? What’s congress going to do then, besides write strongly worded letters expressing the sense of the Senate, blah blah blah.
November 16th, 2007 at 1:47 pmDodd voted with the GOP today? On what? Dodd has so far been a lone “man of action” in a field of “action figures”, so I’m very curious to hear about this.
November 16th, 2007 at 3:25 pmPraise the Lord. Reid will call the Senate into session over break to prevent Bush’s recess appointment of his god awful homophobic candidate for Surgeon General. Thanks Harry.
November 16th, 2007 at 10:55 pm