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Ed Morrissey HotAir.com 2/17/2012 When Senate Republicans blocked the confirmation of Richard Cordray to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, they did so in protest of the ambiguous and open-ended power granted to CFPB by the previous Democratic-controlled Congress. Barack Obama blasted Republicans for obstructionism, defended Cordray as a mainstream, responsible choice to lead the […] February 17th, 2012 | Tags: bureaucrats, collection agencies, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), credit bureaus, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Equifax, Experian, recess appointments, Richard Cordray, TransUnion | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, federal regulations | Comments are closed
Eric Scheiner CNSNews.com 2/1/2012 Testifying before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Tuesday, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) said that the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is funded directly by the Federal Reserve with no congressional oversight and to which President Barack Obama appointed a director without seeking the Senate confirmation required […] February 2nd, 2012 | Tags: accountability, Congressional oversight, despots, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Rep. Darrell Issa, Richard Cordray, Sen. Mike Lee, tyranny | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Federal Reserve, US Constitution, Video | Comments are closed
Rob Port SayAnythingBlog 1/12/2012 Over the holidays President Obama enraged many on the right with controversial appointments of Richard Cordray to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and three new members of National Labor Relations Board. The Senate was kept in pro-forma session throughout the holidays, gaveling in every three days to prevent a formal recess, […] January 12th, 2012 | Tags: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Elena Kagan, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), recess appointments, Richard Cordray, Virginia Seitz | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Department of Justice, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Obama’s recess appointments are symptoms of a larger constitutional problem. W. James Antle, III American Spectator 1/9/2012 Last week President Obama filled some vacancies in the government by making several recess appointments. There was just one problem: Congress technically wasn’t in recess. The president bypassed a Senate that was in session, circumventing its constitutional advice […] January 9th, 2012 | Tags: bureaucracy, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, hypocrisy, President George W. Bush, Richard Cordray, Separation of Powers, tyranny | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Politics, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Fox News via Breitbart.tv 1/6/2012 From The Hill: “Making a victory lap of sorts at the independent agency, Obama cracked a joke, telling employees that he came by to help their new director move in…” Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Related: Republicans seek legal answers on Obama appointments (Reuters) – Congressional Republicans on […] January 8th, 2012 | Tags: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, recess appointment, Rep. Spencer Bachus, Richard Cordray, Sen. Chuck Grassley, Separation of Powers | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Department of Justice, US Constitution, Video | Comments are closed
Jazz Shaw HotAir.com 1/7/2012 Over at National Review, John Yoo (who you will likely remember from the Bush administration) has an interesting rebuttal to Larry Tribe’s defense of Obama’s recent recess appointments. There’s quite a bit to go through in both articles, mostly because Tribe takes so many wild swings at this particular pinata, seeming […] January 7th, 2012 | Tags: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, John Yoo, Laurence Tribe, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), presidential power, recess appointments, Richard Cordray, Separation of Powers | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Founding Fathers, US Constitution | Comments are closed
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