[IP] Bush using the unusual technique of a recess apointment

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 12:49:50 -0700
> From: "Meeks, Brock (MSNBCi)" <Brock.Meeks@MSNBC.COM>
> Subject: RE: [IP] Bush using the unusual technique of a recess apointment
> To: "'dave@farber.net'" <dave@farber.net>
>
>
> I'll side-step the editorializing about Daniel Pipes (though I won't 
> disagree with writer of the message below).
>
> However, to suggest that recess appointments are "unusual" or "only for 
> emergencies" is to deny the bare-knuckle reality of Washington power 
> politics.  Presidents of both parties have used recess appointments solely 
> to by-pass a stubborn or "bothersome" Congress.

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