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tritsofme

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Fri Jan-16-04 03:20 PM
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Bush Issues Recess Appointment

I just saw it on Faux.

B*sh issued a recess apointment forCharles Pickering .

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salin

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Fri Jan-16-04 03:22 PM
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1. details... more details...

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onecitizen

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Fri Jan-16-04 03:24 PM
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2. Ohhhhhhhh.........

Edited on Fri Jan-16-04 03:25 PM by onecitzenBtrayed

I hope this makes the Dems so mad that they will at last do something!!!

This is BIG! And BAD.

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RandomKoolzip

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Fri Jan-16-04 03:25 PM
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3. Isn't Pickering one of the guys behind the S&L debacle in 1989?

Or am I thinking of the wrong guy...?

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CO Liberal

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Fri Jan-16-04 03:28 PM
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4. Here's a Link

Bush Installs Pickering on Appeals Court

Associated Press

WASHINGTON - President Bush installed Charles Pickering on a federal appeals court Friday, bypassing Democrats who had stalled his nomination for more than two years, sources said.

Bush appointed Pickering by a recess appointment which avoids the confirmation process. Such appointments are valid until the next Congress takes office, in this case in January 2005.

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http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/politics/7728668.htm

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Fri Jan-16-04 03:30 PM
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5. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=317557

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