OK, then...Outstanding.

[WilliamPitt]

President Obama is planning to announce today that, in addition to his recess appointment of former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray as the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, he will also use his recess appointment powers to place Department of Labor Attorney Sharon Block, labor lawyer Richard Griffin, and NLRB counsel Terence Flynn to the National Labor Relations Board.

Like the CFPB, Republicans have spent the past year blocking nominations to the NLRB in an effort to keep the agency from functioning. Those efforts would have paid off soon, since after Craig Becker’s term on the board expired this week, the NLRB would have been reduced to two members, which is the number it had for more than two years from 2008 to 2010. This effectively shuts down the board, since the Supreme Court ruled in 2010 that two members does not constitute a legal quorum, and thus, a two-member board can’t make binding rulings.

All 47 Senate Republicans have warned Obama of a “constitutional conflict” should he choose to use his recess appointment powers — authority he is well within his right to use, as ThinkProgress’ Ian Millhiser noted yesterday — but it was Chief Justice John Roberts, a noted conservative, who suggested the president should make recess appointments to keep the NLRB functioning, as ThinkProgress reported in 2010.

Obama’s appointment of Block, Flynn, and Griffin is important, too, because it boosts the board’s membership to five, protecting its quorum even if member Brian Hayes follows through on his threats to quit. Preserving its right to quorum ensures that its rulings will not be thrown out on legal challenges, as more than 600 cases were by the Roberts Court in 2010.

More: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/01/04/397537/breaking-obama-recess-appoints-nlrb/

Excellent.

[Cleita]

1. K&R

[lonestarnot]

2. And again!

K & R!

[neverforget]

3. K&R for the Obama I voted for

[stevedeshazer]

4. Works for me!

[elleng]

5. EXCELLENT!

[Spazito]

6. Oh my...

"...but it was Chief Justice John Roberts, a noted conservative, who suggested the president should make recess appointments to keep the NLRB functioning, as ThinkProgress reported in 2010."

Given all the faux outrage on the repubs' part, Robert's point on this has got to hurt. Love it.

[Change has come]

7. Woo Hoo!

More of this, please.

[tkmorris]

8. THAT'S the guy I voted for

I hope we see a lot more of this kind of behavior in his second term.

[horseshoecrab]

9. K&R

Excellent indeed!

[Surya Gayatri]

10. Credit where credit is due...

It was high time for him to circumvent the Repuke log-jam. SG

[hifiguy]

14. +1 K&R nt

[kentuck]

11. I like this!

Why?

[bvar22]

12. Happy to K&R this thread.

The little research I have been able to do on the background of the appointees
indicate that they are actually Democrats that will work FOR the 99%.

The only negative is that this recent move by the President is so surprising and remarkable.
I would be much happier if the overall response was, "So what? He does this all the time."
This is what I would expect from a Democratic President elected with a HUGE Mandate for Change fighting an obstructionist Republican Party.
If President Obama will make this approach his SOP, he will regain my support.

Kudos to President Obama!
Please Keep Up the Good Work
and make opposing Republicans an unremarkable occurrence.




You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.
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[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. EXACTLY right!

You have said it so much more clearly than I could!

Thank you.

[a kennedy]

15. I wonder if the President has finally gotten the message that the repubs DON'T WANT HIM TO PREVAIL.

Like it's taken three years?? or that the election is fast approaching, don't know and hope we see more of these types of actions. GOBAMA, GOBAMA, GOBAMA.

[WillyT]

16. Yes !!! - K & R !!!

:kick:

[99th_Monkey]

17. As I recall, Bush routinely did recess appointments. <== M$M has amnesia about this. nt

[PurityOfEssence]

23. Was Congress technically in session?

A trick is a trick is a trick, but the law is the law is the law.

[99th_Monkey]

26. All I know is that Bush & Clinton both made lots of recess appointments

No big deal.

"According to the Congressional Research Service, President Bill Clinton made 139 recess appointments. President George W. Bush made 171 recess appointments, and as of December 8, 2011, President Barack Obama had made 28 recess appointments.[4]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recess_appointment

[Norrin Radd]

18. kr

[Ninga]

19. *sigh* I'm liking it. Feels good and right and honorable. Thank you Pres Obama!

[Bluenorthwest]

20. Today on the radio I heard the President explain just why Cordray's appointment

was so delayed, he laid it at the feet of the GOP and when the crowd booed the mention of that foul Party, the President did not stop them nor chide them as he used to do. Election season and all, still it was good to hear. No nonsense.

[Zorra]

21. Isn't it great to be able to

be like, totally stoked and proud of what the President is doing? If he keeps this up for awhile I'll have to donate and maybe hit the pavement for him.

Lovin' it.

[myrna minx]

22. This is excellent news! K&R n/t

[T S Justly]

24. Not too trusting of Obama's appointments, so far, thank-you. (nt)

[hay rick]

25. Credit when credit is due.

Throw a sop to the unions and the 99%.

[deacon]

27. K + R

[Rex]

28. AWESOME!!!!