July 30, 2004

TAUNTING:

Bush Announces 20 Recess Appointments (Associated Press, July 30, 2004)

President Bush on Friday announced his intention to make 20 appointments during the congressional recess, including a new chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, a manufacturing czar and three ambassadors.

Posted by Orrin Judd at July 30, 2004 11:03 PM
Comments

No judges? Maybe he's keeping those secret. Or maybe he couldn't find any judges who were willing to accept an appointment for just a year.

Meanwhile, Pickering and Pryor are gone in four months unless the GOP picks up several seats in the Senate. (I figure they need at least five and possibly eight for cloture. Maybe fewer if they can get 51 to go for the "nuclear option".)

Posted by: Tom L at July 31, 2004 9:29 AM

> No judges?

Didn't Bush make a deal with Senate Democrats -- they wouldn't filibuster noncontroversial judicial appointments, and he wouldn't make recess judicial appointments?

Posted by: Bob Hawkins at July 31, 2004 4:06 PM

A manufacturing czar? I would rather he didn't appoint one at all. What a waste.

Posted by: Jason Johnson at July 31, 2004 4:34 PM

Bob:

If he did, then the Democrats have reneged. They filibustered four more last week. I wouldn't consider any of them controversial, but then I'm not a Democrat. There are now 10 judicial nominees that have been filibustered.

Posted by: Tom L at July 31, 2004 5:59 PM
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