by kos
Wed Jan 04, 2006 at 05:00:34 PM PDT
So yeah, it looks like King George has dissolved Congress. Who needs the pesky Senate for "advice and consent" when a recess appointment will work just as well?
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 4, 2006
Personnel Announcement
President George W. Bush today recess appointed the following individuals:
[17 appointments]
At least where the FEC members are concerned, there weren't even any hearings on their nominations.
[The Bushists are using an incremental approach in which step by step they make mockeries of our governmental formulations, without outright eliminating them. Now they are doing it openly, daring us to stop them. We are in really deep trouble.]