Obama Angers Republicans With Appointment Threat

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Obama Angers Republicans With Appointment Threat

March 27. 2010

U.S. President Barack Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama reportedly seeks to appoint individuals to 15 new government posts, during the upcoming two week Congressional recess, which has angered Republican senators. The name of the measure is a "recess appointment." Boy, Obama's on a roll with angering the Republicans, isn't he.

Sarah Palin

Meanwhile, former Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, has been firing up Tea Party supporters, with the goal of voting out rival Democrats this year and in 2012.

Obama Announces 15 Recess Appointments, Scolds GOP

(AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - Fed up with waiting, President Barack Obama announced Saturday he would bypass a vacationing Senate and name 15 people to key administration jobs, wielding for the first time the blunt political tool known as the recess appointment.

The move immediately deepened the divide between the Democratic president and Republicans in the Senate following a long, bruising fight over health care. Obama revealed his decision by blistering Republicans, accusing them of holding up nominees for months solely to try to score a political advantage on him...

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