Not once, not twice, THRICE - in ONE DAY! This guy's gotta be stopped!

oferchrissake... i posted earlier today on bush's sneaky recess appointment of susan dudley to head the white house office of information and regulatory affairs who is committed to a pro-business agenda and has been opposed by many progressive groups... now, i see he's slipped through TWO MORE... what a guy...!

President Bush named Republican fundraiser Sam Fox as U.S. ambassador to Belgium on Wednesday, using a maneuver that allowed him to bypass Congress where Democrats had derailed Fox's nomination.

Democrats had denounced Fox for his 2004 donation to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. The group's TV ads, which claimed that Sen. John Kerry exaggerated his military record in Vietnam, were viewed as a major factor in the Massachusetts Democrat losing the election.

Recognizing Fox did not have the votes to obtain Senate confirmation, Bush withdrew the nomination last month. On Wednesday, with Congress out of town for a spring break, the president used his power to make recess appointments to put Fox in the job without Senate confirmation.

This means Fox can remain ambassador until the end of the next session of Congress, effectively through the end of the Bush presidency.

Bush also used his recess appointment authority to make Andrew Biggs deputy director of Social Security. The president's earlier nomination of Biggs, an outspoken advocate of partially privatizing the government's retirement program, was rejected by Senate Democrats in February.

the arrogance of this guy in thwarting the will of congress and the american people will go down in history as one of the darkest periods of u.s. history...

(thanks to markos...)

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