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DemKR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-27-07 02:14 PM
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Sources: Chertoff to be Recess Appointed
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Source: OpEdNews

Chertoff to be Recess Appointed

by Frank J. Ranelli

http://www.opednews.com



Bush is likely to recess appoint Chertoff as Attorney General, breaking deal with Senate leader Harry Reid.

Michael Chertoff, the co-author of the USA PATRIOT ACT and the man behind the massive failure of FEMA during hurricane Katrina, could be recess appointed without the consent of the 110th Senate.

Shortly before the Senate broke for recess in August, Bush and Senate leader Harry Reid struck a bargain concerning Bush’s dubious recess appointing practices. Reid promised not to block some of Bush’s judicial nominees during the next session, and in return, Bush would not install any recess appointees to vacant positions while Congress was in recess. That may all change now with the resignation of current AG Alberto Gonzales.

President Bush, it has strongly been suggested, is going to claim "exigent circumstances", breaking his deal with Reid not to recess appoint anyone, and install Michael Chertoff as Attorney General, sans any vetting by the Senate.

Read more: http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_frank_j__070827_chertoff_to_be_reces.htm
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