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House Passes Bill Eliminating Senate Approval of Presidential Appointments « Set You Free News

by Martin

The process [of neutering the Senate’s Constitutional power to Advise and Consent] began last March when Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and 15 cosponsors, including Republicans Lamar Alexander (Tenn.); Scott Brown (Mass.); and Mitch McConnell (Ky.), introduced S. 679, the “Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act.” The measure struck from many current laws the “advice and consent” requirement for many executive branch appointments, giving the president unchecked power to fill key administration positions.

via House Passes Bill Eliminating Senate Approval of Presidential Appointments « Set You Free News.

You know, I’d rather the positions remain unfilled.


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2 comments

1 theCL Report: Governments Are Out Of Control { 08.13.12 at 9:12 am }

[…] House Passes Bill Eliminating Senate Approval of Presidential Appointments Believe me, it is not failing to speak out with promptitude and energy that is the matter with you; it is having nothing consistent or valuable to say. — Matthew Arnold […]

2 Frank Koza { 08.13.12 at 1:00 pm }

If they’re that unimportant, immediately stricken from the books would be better than simply unfilled. Unfilled authorizations within agencies are always used as excuses for failure by lack of manpower.

An important point that seems to go unnoticed is that Article II also allows delegation of such appointment to these type of positions to the courts of law or agency heads. To keep at the Executive level alone w/o Senate confirmation requirements attached instead of delegating downward supports the case that the singular intended effect was not to streamline government efficiency, but rather to increase the power of the Presidency. It also gives him/her more sweets to hand out to more generous campaign donors. Government positions up for auction to the highest bidder.

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