Obama Recess Appointments A Rebuke To GOP For Stalling, Blocking Key Nominees | Talking Points Memo

The GOP attacks on President Obama’s decision to offer recess appointments to 15 stalled nominees–including labor lawyer Craig Becker, whose confirmation was successfully filibustered earlier this year–were swift, and predictably harsh. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called it “a purely partisan move that will make a traditionally bipartisan labor board an unbalanced agenda-driven panel.”


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