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In the United States, a recess appointment is an appointment by the president of a federal official when the U.S. Senate is in recess.Under the U.S. Constitution's Appointments Clause, the president is empowered to nominate, and with the advice and consent (confirmation) of the Senate, make appointments to high-level policy-making positions in federal departments, agencies, boards, and ...
Pages in category "Recess appointments during the George W. Bush administration" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
According to the Congressional Research Service, George W. Bush made 171 such appointments, while Bill Clinton made 139 and Barack Obama made at least 32 recess appointments.
In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated Lewis Strauss as Secretary of Commerce in a recess appointment. Strauss had made enemies in the Senate during his tenure as Chair of the United States Atomic Energy Commission. [8] Strauss lost the confirmation vote, 46–49. [3] [9] [10] In July 1959, Strauss resigned. [11]
The only time a nominee by a new president was rejected by a Senate vote occurred in 1989, when George H.W. Bush nominated John Tower, a former senator from Texas, to be his secretary of defense.
On May 9, 2001, President Bush announced his first eleven court of appeals nominees in a special White House ceremony. [92] This initial group of nominees included Roger Gregory, a Clinton recess-appointed judge to the Fourth Circuit, as a peace offering to Senate Democrats.
But more recently, the process of recess appointments has been featured in partisan fights with the president. President Bill Clinton made 139 recess appointments and President George W. Bush made 171, though neither used the process for top-level Cabinet positions, according to the Congressional Research Service.
But since 2006, when Democrats took control of the House and Senate during George W Bush’s administration, the Senate has essentially stopped having recess appointments.