Monday, March 29, 2004 :::
 

All White House nominees will be blocked. That's right: every single one.

That's the word from Sen. Charles Schumer's office, which released a statement on Friday saying that Senate Democrats plan "to hold nominations until the White House commits to stop abusing the advise and consent process."

That's right -- Chuck Schumer is accusing the Bush administration of abusing the Senate's role of advice and consent.

"This White House is insisting on a departure from historic and constitutional practices," [Senate Minority Leader Tom] Daschle said. "At no point has a president ever used a recess appointment to install a rejected nominee onto the federal bench, and there are intonations there will be even more recess appointments in the coming months.

I agree that it would be inappropriate for the administration to use a recess appointment to install a rejected nominee. And I hope that Bush will continue not to do so.

I hope that he does continue to install filibustered nominees with majority support in the Senate, so that they can get started in their jobs while waiting for the Senate to get around to acting on their nominations.

::: posted by Steven at 5:21 PM

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