White House pulls nomination to top EPA air post ... ONE MORE Recess Appointment coming up

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White House pulls nomination to top EPA air post
By Chris Baltimore
REUTERS | Wed Apr 11
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/usa_epa_nominations_dc;_ylt=AmiptJybxtF2.7vWNH3qonDMWM0F

The White House on Wednesday withdrew its choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency's air pollution office after he ran afoul of key U.S. lawmakers.

William Wehrum, nominated to head the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation, was the architect of rules to regulate harmful power plant emissions that environmental groups and many Democrats blasted as too lenient.

The White House withdrew Wehrum's nomination, along with that of Alex Beehler, its pick to be the EPA's Inspector General, in a routine personnel announcement.

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Boxer had agreed to hold a hearing on Wehrum's nomination this month to forestall a move by the White House to finalize his nomination in August after Congress leaves for recess -- a parliamentary maneuver that would have allowed the administration to temporarily skirt lawmaker objections.

Rather than face near-certain rejection from Boxer's committee, the White House withdrew the nominations

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heh---any bets it ends up as a recess appointment anyways?

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1. WTG Boxer - Again

I just love her. Obviously, something needs to be done about recess appointments. Time to tighten up laws regarding them. Not that it would keep this law breaking administration from breaking them anyway.

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2. my money is still on

recess appointments in August..

Somewhat new pattern developing - the loyal bushies nominate someone, withdraw the nomination and shove the person through the back door at recess time

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3. Only If We Keep Allowing It

Time For More Investigations. If they are going to keep us so busy with scandals that we can't keep up, we can keep them so busy with investigations that they can't. And how are they going to communicate now that they know we are watching their every move?