Recess appoint Elizabeth Warren?

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2011/5/7/164849/9682

CFPB: Will Obama Call Their Bluff?

by BooMan
Sat May 7th, 2011 at 04:48:49 PM EST


I wonder if it is true. I wonder if the GOP's decision to block any and all nominees to head up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will actually make it more likely that the president will recess appoint Elizabeth Warren. It makes sense. He either recess appoints, guts his own creation before it can get off the ground, or leaves the position unfilled. Since he's pretty much compelled to choose the recess appointment option, he might as well choose the person who is setting the bureau up. The only downside is that she'd only be able to serve until the beginning of 2013. Unless, I guess, he recess appointed her again in the next Congress...

With any luck, we'll take back the house.

GOP vow to block nominees makes Warren more likely
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/personnel-notes/159803-gop-vow-to-block-nomination-make-warren-appointment-to-consumer-bureau-more-likely

A promise by Senate Republicans to block anyone President Obama nominates to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has increased the likelihood that Elizabeth Warren will get the job.

The president has little choice but to use his recess powers given the position of Senate Republicans, said Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), one of the Wall Street reform bill’s chief architects.

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But given the GOP's promise to block any nominee unless the agency's “unfettered authority” is brought under control, some say the White House now has nothing to lose by recess appointing Warren if it wants someone in charge of the bureau for its start date.

“He should jump-start the debate ... by nominating Warren immediately and touting her and the CFPB loudly,” said David Arkush, a director with Public Citizen, a consumer group. “If Republicans continue to block her nomination, then the president should appoint her during the next Senate recess, the week of Memorial Day.”

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We cannot nor should not wait till the next congress

if the Republicans are going to use every means at their disposal to play games, then so should we.