Obama to renominate Senate delayed appointees.

[TheBigotBasher]

Two sources with knowledge of the situation told HuffPost that they expected the re-nominations to be announced soon. But administration officials emphasized that no decisions have been made as of yet. Senate Democratic aides, meanwhile, said they were in the dark about where those nominations stood. The president can not officially re-submit a nominee until the Senate reconvenes on January 20, unless he is pursuing a recess appointment.

In the daily briefing on Tuesday, Gibbs said he did not "know what decisions have been made about nominees that have, as a result of being -- having passed a year, need to be re-nominated."

According to sources, however, the names of those people whose nominations were held up during the past year and are likely to be re-nominated include:

Dawn Johnsen, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel
Christopher Schroeder, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy
Mary Smith, Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division
Craig Becker, National Labor Relations Board
Louis Butler, U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin
Edward Chen, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of California
David Teeples, Army brigadier general

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/06/obama-frustrated-by-slow_n_413475.html


Some good news.

[TheBigotBasher]

1. Just to add

there were a good number of posters here blaming the President for "allowing" Congress to block these appointments.

[Cha]

3. Yes there were but

there was another OP on this that pretty much deconstructed it.

Thanks though..keep up the good work Bigot Basher.:)

[TheBigotBasher]

4. Big hugs Cha

You are one of the best.

[Cha]

7. ..

:fistbump:

[Pryderi]

2. Obama is a war president and the GOP needs to stop endangering our safety by blocking his nominees!

[Undercurrent]

5. Good.

Figured he would push back against the Repug assholes putting holds on these folks.

[last1standing]

6. I was going to rec this till I saw your second post.

Yes, it's great news that Dawn Johnsen has been renominated. It's bad news that you and others are using it as a chance to insult other posters. Great way to rally the troops there. :eyes:

[DevonRex]

8. You were always gonna rec some pro-Obama post until something or another happened.

I call bullshit.

[last1standing]

9. You can call anything you want. You still come off looking foolish when you back hate.

n/t

[PBS Poll-435]

10. K/R

;-)

[Number23]

11. Rec'd. Thanks, BB!