All posts tagged "Recess Appointments"

A Fox News legal analyst asserted on Thursday that President Barack Obama became a "vigilante" by making recess appointments this week.

Two of the top partisans in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday found themselves diametrically opposed to their former positions on presidential recess appointments, with each man virtually swapping their closely held views for their opponents' with regards to the always-controversial tactic.

In a stunning alliance between Senate Democrats and Senate Republicans, Senate Democratic leadership quietly agreed Wednesday evening to block President Barack Obama from making recess appointments while senators return home to campaign for midterm elections, according to a Congressional newspaper.