Obama won't rule out recess appointment at consumer bureau

[OKNancy]

Obama won't rule out recess appointment at consumer bureau

http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/banking-financial-institutions/202063-white-house-leaves-recess-appointment-an-option-for-consumer-bureau-chief

In the interest of fairness to the President.....

President Obama is not ruling out a recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), White House officials said Tuesday.

Officials said the president is leaving all options on the table when it comes to recess appointments, and that includes Cordray's bid to head the CFPB.

While a senior White House official said Obama would not be making any recess appointments Tuesday, the official would not say whether the president would make them in the coming days.

ThinkProgress, a liberal advocacy group, reported earlier Tuesday that the White House was planning a recess appointment either Tuesday or Wednesday, citing an unnamed source.

[monmouth]

1. This will be so disappointing for many here..n/t

[OKNancy]

2. I know

the thread with the perceived negative news is hopping. This one... not so much.

[leftyohiolib]

3.

[TrollBuster9090]

13. Hilarious

Your post is blank, and there is a note about one edit history, which is also blank. All that is left is your footnote saying "those who dont know history (and those who do ) are doomed to relive it anyway."

[leftyohiolib]

19. i typed something thought better of it and erased it

sorry for any confusion. i have alot of edits as im not very good at typing.

[WilliamPitt]

9. When he does it?

Or when he doesn't?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

10. Or when he splits the difference.

[ejbr]

16. +1 n/t

[FarPoint]

18. Richard Cordray is not only a fine Democrat...

He is a Jeopardy Champion as well........

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http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-07-17/wall_street/30055568_1_elizabeth-warren-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-president-obama


Meet Richard Cordray: An Undefeated Jeopardy Champion And The Man Obama Wants To Run The CFPB

Cordray on Jeopardy! in 1987, on the left.

Image: WikipediaAn Ohio native, Cordray was the state's AG from November 2008 until November 2010, when he lost his re-election campaign to Senator Mike DeWine. Before the AG gig, Cordray was the the Ohio State Treasurer.

He earned a B.A from Michigan State; he was a Marshall Scholar at Oxford, where he earned his M.A; he was editor-in-chief of the University of Chicago Law Review, where he earned his JD; he was a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy; and a congressman in the Ohio House of Representatives.

He is also an "undefeated five-time Jeopardy! champion."

He won $45,303 on the show in 1987. He used the winnings to pay off his law school debt, pay taxes and to buy a used car.

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[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. about time.

[Doctor_J]

5. He's "not ruling it out"

there's that bold leadership we want in a president

[TrollBuster9090]

14. Yeah, but you and I both know that if he displayes

"bold leadership" all the dogwhistles start blowing about the "radical," brick throwing, angry young black man. Same goes for Holder, unfortunately. So, they've got a good excuse for being nerdy wimps.

[Doctor_J]

15. Well. I voted and campaigned for a man who I thought

was going to throw bricks at the prison built by the Repukes over the last generation. If he wants my money and time this year, he better load up and start firing.

[annabanana]

6. There's a recess? I thought those were a thing

of the past. I thought a skeleton Congress was always in session...

[progressoid]

8. Yeah, that's what I thought too...

[groundloop]

11. Yes, Boner stated that the House will remain in session

SO.... drum roll please....

the repubs are blocking any possibility of a recess appointment.

According to an NPR article I saw, the only option would be for the President to challenge the constitutionality of pro-forma Congressional sessions, and it's debatable whether or not that's a wise move because it might endanger the Democrats in Congress who are up for re-election.

[Kingofalldems]

7. I like this one.

Bad news about Democrats trumpeters---not so much.

[progressoid]

12. Or maybe he will rule it out...

http://www.rollcall.com/news/obama_wont_make_recess_appointments_today-211311-1.html?pos=hln

[h2]Obama Won’t Make Recess Appointments Today[/h2]

[Kingofalldems]

17. According to a thread in GD, WH now convinced

the appoinment is legal and could be made tomorrow.

This now seems to be the correct thread in LBN on this.