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In the United States, a recess appointment is an appointment by the president of a federal official when the U.S. Senate is in recess.Under the U.S. Constitution's Appointments Clause, the president is empowered to nominate, and with the advice and consent (confirmation) of the Senate, make appointments to high-level policy-making positions in federal departments, agencies, boards, and ...
Recess appointments have been used by various presidents in the last couple of decades. ... George W. Bush made 171 such appointments, while Bill Clinton made 139 and Barack Obama made at least 32 ...
Clinton nominated Hershel Gober to become the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in 1997. When it became clear that the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs intended to use the confirmation hearings "to explore circumstances surrounding the exoneration of Mr. Gober after he was accused of sexual misconduct in 1993," Clinton withdrew the nomination ...
The most recent was Mickey Kantor, who served briefly as Clinton’s secretary of commerce. When Barack Obama used recess appointments to make the National Labor Relations Board function, he was sued.
Bill Clinton made 139 recess appointments, including one for James Hormel as US ambassador to Luxembourg, after Republicans opposed Hormel’s nomination because he was openly gay.
But more recently, the process of recess appointments has been featured in partisan fights with the president. President Bill Clinton made 139 recess appointments and President George W. Bush made 171, though neither used the process for top-level Cabinet positions, according to the Congressional Research Service.
The most famous instance of such a post-appointment rejection is that of George Washington's recess appointment of John Rutledge as Chief Justice during a congressional recess in July, 1795. Because of Rutledge's political views and occasional mental illness, the Senate rejected his nomination in December of that year, and Rutledge subsequently ...
President Bill Clinton made two appointments to the Supreme Court of the United States, both during his first term.. On March 19, 1993, Associate Justice Byron White announced his retirement (and assumption of senior status), which ultimately took effect June 28, 1993. [1]