Bush Makes a Dozen Recess Appointments
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Sat Dec 27,10:17 AM ET
CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush (news - web sites) went around Congress and installed 12 people to government panels after their nominations stalled in the Senate.
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The nominations had languished in the Senate for periods ranging from six weeks to 22 months.
By approving them Friday during the congressional recess, Bush bypassed the Senate confirmation process. Such appointments are valid until the next Congress takes office, in this case in January 2005.
The appointments are:
_Albert Casey of Texas, to be a governor of the U.S. Postal Service. Bush initially nominated Casey on March 4, 2002.
_Bradley D. Belt of Washington, to be a member of the Social Security (news - web sites) Advisory Board. The president nominated Belt on Sept. 3, 2003.
_Raymond Simon, the former director of the Arkansas Department of Education (news - web sites), to be assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education at the Education Department. Bush nominated Simon on Sept. 22, 2003.
_Gay Hart Gaines of Florida, to be a member of the board of directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The president nominated Gaines on Nov. 17, 2003. Gaines is a major donor to Republican causes and candidates; she gave $1,000 to Bush's presidential campaign in 2000 and again this year, and has given tens of thousands more to Republican National Committee (news - web sites) campaign accounts.
_Claudia Puig of Florida, to be a member of the board of directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Bush first nominated Puig on Jan. 9, 2003. Puig gave the maximum allowable donation to Bush's re-election campaign this year.
_Fayza Veronique Boulad Rodman of Washington, to be a Member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. The president nominated Rodman on Oct. 24, 2003.
_Cynthia Boich of California, to be a member of the board of directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service. Bush nominated Boich on Sept. 23, 2003. She donated money to one-time Bush presidential rivals John McCain and Bob Smith.
_Dorothy A. Johnson of Michigan, to be a member of the board of directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service. Bush nominated Johnson on Sept. 23, 2003.
_Henry Lozano of California, to be a member of the board of directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service. The president nominated Lozano on Sept. 23, 2003.
_Ronald E. Meisburg of Virginia, to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board. Bush nominated Meisburg on Nov. 20, 2003.
_Clark Kent Ervin of Texas, to be inspector general, Homeland Security Department. The president nominated Ervin on Jan. 10, 2003, and he has served as interim inspector general.
_Robert Lerner of Maryland, to be commissioner of education statistics at the Education Department. The president nominated Lerner on June 3, 2003. |
