Biden to Bsh - Don't even think about recess appointments [View All]

[jillan]

A Republican aide said John Rood, nominated to be undersecretary of State for arms control, and Henrietta Fore, nominated as administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, also could be installed during August.

The Rood and Fore nominations are under the jurisdiction of the Foreign Relations Committee, where Chairman Joseph R. Biden Jr., D-Del., almost dared the White House to cross him.

“There will be no recess appointments on my committee or they will not get another single nominee for anything at all from the Committee on Foreign Relations,” Biden declared. “I made that clear to the secretary of State. Absolutely, positively clear. Not a one. Mark me down. Not a one.”

Minority Whip Trent Lott, R-Miss., said he expects Reid and Bush to reach an agreement. “I assume there are recess appointments that can and should be made,” Lott said. “In the case of Sen. Biden and these foreign relations or ambassadorial or State Department appointments, it is irresponsible not to confirm those people.”

http://public.cq.com/docs/cqt/news110-000002565848.html


Here we go - Recess appointments:mad: