Senate deal will end GOP hold on Obama appointments
Source: The Los Angeles Times
In a rare sign of bipartisan cooperation, the Senate approved dozens of President Obama's nominees as leaders sought to temper the brinkmanship that had developed after the president made a recess appointment earlier this year over GOP objections.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and the Republican leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, reached an agreement with the White House that allowed dozens of nominees to clear the Senate on the promise that Obama would not attempt more recess appointments as lawmakers prepare to leave for a two-week spring recess.
"This is the way we ought to be conducting business here," McConnell said.
"I agree," said Reid.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-senate-deal-obama-nominees-20120329,0,2093797.story
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* killing the departments of education, commerce, labor, health
* privatization of Medicare, social security, and the postal services
* the display of the Decalogue in every federal building and all schools, public parks, and on every other tree in national lands
* repeal of all personal firearm restrictions
* prohibition of the teaching of evolution, global warming, and big bang cosmology
* personhood for the fetus
* sluthood for all single women and married women who use contraception
* all history classes must teach that Paul revere shot guns and rang bells when he notified the British
But we got some of our judicial appointments past the Republican's blockage.
Victory!!!
See the list of 'administrative' confirmations on the link in comment #6.
