Obama Appointments

Cordray Faces Tough Crowd At First Senate Hearing

AP | By MARCY GORDON | Posted 01.31.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Republicans on Tuesday welcomed Richard Cordray to his first Senate hearing as director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...

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Obama Nominees Still Hanging In The Balance

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 03.24.2012

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WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are returning to Washington in an angry mood over President Barack Obama's appointments to two key agencies duri...

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America's Two Political Reform Movements

Harry Kresky | Posted 03.13.2012

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If the White House only resists the partisanship of the Republicans, and never challenges the partisanship of both parties, it can have a hollow ring.

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Friday Talking Points -- Obama Picking His Fights

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.07.2012

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Obama is basing a large part of his campaign on what he can manage to accomplish without dealing with the congressional gridlock, and this is quite likely a winning political strategy.

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Republicans Press Justice Dept On Legality Of Recess Appointments

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 01.06.2012

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WASHINGTON -- House and Senate Republicans fired off letters to the Justice Department on Friday demanding to know what role the agency played, if any...

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Obama Appoints Jeremy Bernard as White House Social Secretary

David Mixner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeremy Bernard will be the first male ever to serve as White House Social Secretary. Indefatigable, unfailingly affable and extremely knowledgeable, no one deserves this prestigious appointment more.

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Obama Announces Three High-Profile LGBT Appointments

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama White House announced Wednesday the appointment of three openly gay officials to high-profile positions, two to take on roles within the adm...

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The Warren Chronicles: Does This Administration Care About Following the Law?

Marty Robins | Posted 05.25.2011

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The President has every right to nominate Prof. Warren to run the CFPB, but must be prepared to defend the nomination like any other.

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Federal CTO Makes the Case for Open Government and Innovation

Alexander Howard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aneesh Chopra makes sure that the technology, data and innovation aspects of any given policy that comes before the president are thought through and are considered in a little more aggressive way.

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Obama Bypassing Senate To Fill Medicare Post

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama intends to use the congressional recess to bypass the Senate and appoint Dr. Donald Berwick, an expert on pa...

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The Blagojevich Trial Begins -- So Should The Clearing of Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.'s Name

Tamara N. Holder | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yesterday, we heard the opening statements in the public corruption case against former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and his brother, Robert.

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After Waiting 14 Months Obama Finally Chooses To Show Up, Govern

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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After being in office for 14 months President Obama is finally choosing to begin to govern the country. Today, for example, he finally decided it would be a good idea to put a few people into vacant offices.

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Elena Kagan and the Limits of Executive Power

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kagan may very well prove to be an albatross around the Obama administration, both in real time and in the textbooks, as she represents the Executive Branch far outpacing the courts.

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Rashad Hussain: Obama names U.S. envoy to the Muslim world

Reuters | 31 Mins Ago | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama said on Saturday he was naming a special envoy to the Muslim world....

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Hatch: Super-Minority Is 'The Will Of The Senate'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama appointed a man named Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board. Since Becker does not plan to have the sort of National Rela...

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Ben Bernanke Deserved Confirmation

Neil K. Shenai | Posted 05.25.2011

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Responsibility for the financial crisis can't be pinned on one man and one institution, anymore than we can blame repressive Arab governments exclusively for terrorism, or Obama for the failure to close Guantanamo.

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The Case for Recess Appointing Bernanke

Victor Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama should announce plans to circumvent Senate obstruction and recess appoint Ben Bernanke as Fed Chair while the Senate debates whether to hold a timely confirmation vote.

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Senate Republicans Holding Up Key Obama Nominees

Washington Post | Ruth Marcus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miriam Sapiro was nominated to be deputy U.S. trade representative in April. The Senate Finance Committee voted -- unanimously -- to confirm her in Ju...

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Obama Judicial Appointments Barely Moving Because Of GOP Blocks

Washington Post | Michael A. Fletcher | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama has not made significant progress in his plan to infuse federal courts with a new cadre of judges, and liberal activists are beginning...

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Industry Lobbyist Is the Wrong Choice to Head Truck Safety Agency

Dan Becker and James Gerstenzang | Posted 05.25.2011

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The FMCSA head should not come from the very industry the agency is required to regulate, especially given the trucking industry's obstructionist positions on commonsense health and safety issues.

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Obama Has Fewer Than Half of His Top Appointees In Place

nytimes.com | PETER BAKER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- As President Obama tries to turn around a summer of setbacks, he finds himself still playing without most of his own team. Seven months ...

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Obama Names Fay Hartog-Levin Ambassador To Holland, Third Chicagoan Picked For Ambassadorship

Chicago Tribune | John McCormick | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama has picked his third Chicagoan for an ambassadorship, naming a consultant from a politically connected public affairs and media...

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A Muppet in President Obama's Court

Russ Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Is it just me, or does anyone else wonder why a man associated with the Muppets should be ambassador to France?

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Post-Decision Day in California: What's next in the battle against Prop 8?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

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What gives, Mr. President? You can commend yourself for nominating a Latina to the Supreme Court while you totally ignore another minority group that desperately needs leadership?

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What the Supreme Court Appointment Could Mean for Gay Rights

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

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The debate over whether Sullivan or Karlan could make it through the approval process given their sexual orientation is an important one, and it illustrates just how far America has to go towards tolerance and equality.

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