Open Congress : News Articles for S.679 Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011

Congress votes to streamline Senate confirmation process

2012-08-01T10:00:25Z

The House Tuesday passed a bipartisan measure to streamline the executive branch appointments process by removing a substantial number of positions from the list of those that require confirmation by the Senate. The bill, S. 679, eliminates the need for ..

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Atlanta rejects transpo tax - Huerta, EU emissions bill clears Commerce - Shuster shuffles staff, names new CoS - Government funding deal reached

2012-08-01T09:46:06Z

NO MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA: Atlanta voters rejected a 10-year, 1 percent sales tax that would have put around $7 billion into roads and transit. It was a major undertaking: 10 counties banding together for a tax hike in a primary election. Despite a push

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Legislation will reduce confirmation hearings for government officials

2012-08-01T03:55:21Z

The House of Representatives approved S. 679 legislation on Tuesday, a bill that reduces the number of executive positions subject to Senate confirmation. Decreasing the number of executive positions to come in front of the Senate for ...

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House Passes Legislation to Reduce Number of Executive Positions Subject to Senate Confirmation

2012-07-31T23:51:58Z

WASHINGTON, July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tonight the House of Representatives approved S. 679, legislation that reduces the number of executive positions subject to Senate confirmation. Decreasing the number of executive positions to come in ..

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Tuesday: Lots of House suspension bills, lots of Senate debate

2012-07-31T07:45:36Z

The House meets at noon for speeches, then later in the afternoon for work on up to 19 suspension bills, with votes on some or all at 6:30 p.m. The Senate meets at 10 a.m., and will continue debating S. 3414, the Cybersecurity Act. But the next vote on the

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HP Pavilion dvt6 and dvt7 Workstations Upgraded

2012-04-30T04:41:13Z

The Pavilion dvt6 measures 15.6 inches in diagonal and has a starting price of $899.99. That's 679 Euro, according to exchange rates. Meanwhile, the Pavilion dvdt7 has an LCD with a diagonal of 17.3 inches and a starting price of $999.99 (754 Euro ...

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Full-Text: Mayor's State Of City Address

2012-02-13T16:11:06Z

Overall violent crime continues to march downward. It’s down another 7% in just two years—that’s 679 fewer victims of violence in our city. And we know that it’s these crimes that gave us a bad reputation as a dangerous place and ...

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Full-Text: Mayor's State Of City Address

2012-02-13T15:28:09Z

Text: Rawlings-Blake State of the City address

2012-02-13T14:59:31Z

EDITORIAL: Confirmation process slows down government

2012-01-16T22:56:32Z

The latest bit of gamesmanship in Washington points up a problem that Congress has failed to fix. That gamesmanship centers on Richard Cordray, whom President Barack Obama made director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau using his ...

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Letter: What can we learn from the city of Hong Kong?

2012-01-13T12:15:51Z

While Hong Kong’s population is about twice of Oregon’s, its geographic size of 423 square miles is about 4 percent the size of Oregon’s 98,036 square miles, 60 percent of the size of Benton County’s 679 square miles. Can such a small ...

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Senate votes of the 112th Congress.

2012-01-13T01:00:00Z

...Monetary Fund (IMF) loans- S.679, amendment introduced by Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) to repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the IMF. It would have rescinded up to $108 billion previously appropriated funds. The IMF is an offspring of the Uni

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Editorial: With recess appointments, the president calls the GOP's bluff

2012-01-05T01:12:27Z

With long overdue defiance, President Barack Obama on Wednesday named former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to be director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Hours later, he appointed Sharon Block, Terence Flynn and Richard Griffin to

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Gun Owners of America Year in Review for 2011

2011-12-19T14:11:24Z

Washington, DC --(Ammoland.com)- “In the 35 years since its foundation, the GOA has maintained its staunch opposition to any form of gun control, often taking a harder stand than the NRA.” — Ben Garrett, award-winning journalist, newspaper ...

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Garrett Votes Against Limited Use of Troops In Libya

2011-07-13T01:00:00Z

S.679 (6/29) – Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011 - Exempts certain presidential appointments to cabinet-level agencies, independent commissions, and boards in the executive branch from the requirement of Senate ...

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District 9 Wrap-Up - See How Your Elected Officials Voted

2011-07-08T01:00:00Z

Increased Efficiency for Senate Confirmation of Presidential Appointments

2011-07-07T01:00:00Z

At the end of June, the Senate passed S. 679—the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011—by the rare bipartisan margin of 79 to 20. Not only would the bill end the requirement of Senate confirmation for approximately 170 ...

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This week in Washington - July 1, 2011

2011-07-07T01:00:00Z

The Senate voted Wednesday 79-20 to approve legislation (S.679) to streamline the confirmation process by reducing the number of low-level presidential appointments requiring full Senate confirmation. The House, which has no role in confirming ...

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Gun Owners of America Members Making a Big Splash on Capitol Hill

2011-07-06T01:00:00Z

But if its director became a political hack, appointed by an anti-gun President without Senate confirmation (as S. 679 would provide), it could rapidly become an engine for politically correct anti-gun “junk science.” For this reason, we are asking yo

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How they voted

2011-07-02T01:00:00Z

C., to the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act (S. 679). The amendment would have repealed authority for the International Monetary Fund to access a $100 billion credit line provided by the US The vote, on June 29, was 44 yeas to ...

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Vote to streamline appointments could give agencies clarity

2011-07-01T01:00:00Z

Donald Kettl, dean of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, also welcomed the bill (S. 679). "Everyone agrees that we simply have far too many political appointees, and that the reach of political appointments is getting worse as

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Senate Gives in to Major GOA Demands on Cover-up Protection Act

2011-06-30T01:00:00Z

On Wednesday, the Senate unanimously stripped the Cover-Up Protection Act (S. 679) of provisions which would take the jobs of officials like Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich and exempt them and their successors from Senate confirmation. ...

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Senate approves bill removing confirmation requirement for 169 presidential ...

2011-06-30T01:00:00Z

The Senate yesterday passed a bill (S.679) that would remove 169 high-ranking jobs from the list of about 1200 presidential nominations that require Senate confirmation. DoD jobs included in the bill were the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks ..

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Congress Should Rein in Bureaucracy, Not Abandon Oversight

2011-06-30T01:00:00Z

Washington Examiner The Senate is expected to vote Wednesday on the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act (S. 679). This terrible bill will likely pass, then stall in the US House and die. But before you breathe a sigh of relief, ...

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Recapping yesterday's action:

2011-06-30T01:00:00Z

The Senate was able to wrap up its scheduled work on S. 679, the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act, and the companion resolution, S. Res. 116. With a unanimous consent agreement already in place locking in votes on these measures ..

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Senate Gives in to Major GOA Demands on Cover-up Protection Act

2011-06-30T01:00:00Z

Washington, DC --(Ammoland.com)- On Wednesday, the Senate unanimously stripped the Cover-Up Protection Act (S. 679) of provisions which would take the jobs of officials like Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich and exempt them and their successors ...

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Today in Congress

2011-06-30T01:00:00Z

...House is not in session this week. The Senate was able to wrap up its scheduled work on S. 679, the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act, and the companion resolution, S. Res. 116. With a unanimous consent agreement already in place

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Today in Congress

2011-06-29T01:00:00Z

Today's Senate business is supposed to be the completion of S. 679, the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act. There's an agreement in place for a series of votes on amendments, and then a vote on final passage, though it'll

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Scott Brown Is Selling Campaign Baseball Cards — Error or Home Run?

2011-06-29T01:00:00Z

...a card, not a Tweet……..Rick Perry Looks alot like this guy, how’s it go Birds of a feather…….. he is a RINO.. and on the infamous S.679 that will grant full legal dictatorial powers to obama, so he can completely void and ignore Congress and t

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Recapping yesterday's action:

2011-06-29T01:00:00Z

Nominations reform will change the Senate for the good

2011-06-29T01:00:00Z

By now, we all know what S. 679 and S. Res. 116 do. But, what will their impact be? In short, this package of reform will help our government function better. One example of this is the working group that the bill creates to examine a “smart form” to

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Senate Passes Bill That Strips Confirmation Requirement for Juvenile Justice ...

2011-06-29T01:00:00Z

S. 679 was never referred out of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. The bill was introduced in late March by a bipartisan group of senators and blessed with the support of both Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev. ...

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Tuesday: Attorney General nominations in the Senate

2011-06-28T01:00:00Z

After their return from weekly caucus lunches, senators will continue consideration of S. 679, the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act. Several amendments are still pending to that bill, although the Senate seems likely to at least ..

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Today in Congress

2011-06-28T01:00:00Z

...the Senate will recess until 2:15pm for the weekly caucus meetings. At 2:15pm, the Senate will resume consideration of S.679, the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act. We are working on an agreement to complete action on S.679. A

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How your Congressman voted

2011-06-28T01:00:00Z

...and search and rescue. Rep. Paul Gosar voted NO Upcoming Votes Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011 - S.679 The Senate is scheduled to work on this bill to reduce the number of executive branch appointments that require Senat

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This Week in Congress

2011-06-27T01:00:00Z

Unable to move forward on the EDRA, the Senate shifted to S. 679, the "Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act." Ironically, the bill aimed at minimizing filibuster delays was itself nearly filibustered, but for what it's wo

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The Drunk On The Beltway: Two Obama Tricks That Are Going To Clean Boehner's Clock

2011-06-27T01:00:00Z

The nominations bill, S. 679, currently pending in the Senate, has a big hidden amendment to ObamaCare in it. It's time for Republicans to demonstrate they care as passionately about repealing ObamaCare as Obama feels about preserving it. ...

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Congress should rein in bureaucracy, not abandon oversight

2011-06-27T01:00:00Z

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Senate is expected to vote Wednesday on the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act (S. 679). This terrible bill will likely pass, then stall in the US House and die. But before you breathe a sigh of ...

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Recapping Last Week in Congress

2011-06-27T01:00:00Z

Monday: Sen. Sanders to call for new revenues in debt deal

2011-06-27T01:00:00Z

No votes are planned in the Senate on Monday, and the upper chamber is loosely scheduled this week to resume consideration of S. 679, a bill that would reform the presidential appointment process. Several amendments are pending to that bill, ...

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House and Senate Cloakroom: June 27 – July 1

2011-06-26T01:00:00Z

S. 679 – The Presidential Appointments Efficiency and Streamlining Act The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing on “Tax Code Simplification to Increase Compliance.” The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing on “Libya and W

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Today in Congress

2011-06-24T01:00:00Z

Young (FL) - Appropriations) Roll call vote on the Vitter amendment 12:31pm The Senate began a roll call vote on the Vitter amendment #499 (czars) to S.679, the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act (60-vote threshold); ...

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Tom’s, Greg’s, and dscott’s Links (062411, Early PM)

2011-06-24T01:00:00Z

...are in dispute; several of them are more than a little troubling. The Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act (S.679), which was never reported out of a committee, would eliminate the (Senate) confirmation requirement for 200 presidenti

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Thursday: Patent reform continues in the House

2011-06-23T01:00:00Z

The Senate meets at 10 am for speeches, and at around 11:30 am is expected to begin 30 minutes of debate on two amendments to S. 679, a bill aimed at streamlining the presidential appointment process. One amendment from Sen. David Vitter (R-La. ...

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The Day Ahead: Thursday, June 23

2011-06-23T01:00:00Z

The Senate will vote on amendments to S. 679, including one by Sen. Vitter that eliminates funding for the salaries of "czars" (The Hill) The Senate Intelligence Committee will hold confirmation hearings for Gen. ...

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Today in Congress

2011-06-23T01:00:00Z

...first half and the Republicans controlling the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of S.679, the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act with the Vitter amendment #499 regarding czars and the DeM

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Senate To Vote Tomorrow On Bill To Repeal Government Authority To Provide Loans To IMF

2011-06-23T01:00:00Z

...countries, things in Greece and in half of Europe, may soon turn very ugly. The Senate on Thursday will resume consideration of S. 679, a bill to streamline the presidential appointment process, and is expected to vote around noon on amendments offered

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Morning Briefing for June 22, 2011

2011-06-22T01:00:00Z

...duties; advising and consenting to presidential appointees. The Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act (S.679), which was never reported out of a committee, would eliminate the confirmation requirement for 200 presidential appointees.

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Update: Appointments bill to proceed by unanimous consent

2011-06-22T01:00:00Z

The Senate will forgo a cloture vote and proceed by unanimous consent Wednesday with a bill aimed at streamlining presidential appointments, S. 679. The chamber has also agreed to consider three Republican ...

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Aspen Institute: Bill Would Streamline Appointment Process

2011-06-22T01:00:00Z

S. 679 will make it possible for a new administration to fill very early in its first year about 70 communications and operations positions that new department heads need working with them to get off to a fast start and to communicate and work ...

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Senate expecting amendment votes Thursday

2011-06-22T01:00:00Z

The Senate on Thursday will resume consideration of S. 679, a bill to streamline the presidential appointment process, and is expected to vote around noon on amendments offered by Sens. David Vitter (R-La. ...

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Portman wants to retain Senate confirmation for financial officials

2011-06-22T01:00:00Z

Rob Portman (R-Ohio) offered an amendment to S. 679 Wednesday preserving Senate confirmation for federal chief financial officers. Portman, a former director of the Office of Management and Budget, called it "unwise" and a "big mistake"

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Tell Senate to Keep Advise and Consent In Tact

2011-06-22T01:00:00Z

...as the Senate can accomplish the solution by acting on its own in the exercise of its power to make Senate rules,[7] while S. 679 requires approval by both Houses of Congress. The separation of powers is vital to our Republic. The Executive branch has e

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What has Sen. Chuck Schumer been up to?

2011-06-22T01:00:00Z

The the President cannot be surrounded by a group of yesmen that would allow him to usurp power from the public, nor a group that would weaken the President and make him ineffective at protecting the nation. S.679 by Senator Chuck Schumer removes this ...

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Former Senators Domenici, Lott and Kempthorne and Former Secretary Glickman ...

2011-06-22T01:00:00Z

The two bills before the Senate (S. 679 and S. Res. 116) "propose modest improvements in the system" without altering the fundamental character of the appointment and confirmation process. The BPC co-chairs write, "We hope that in the futur

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Today in Congress

2011-06-22T01:00:00Z

...controlling the final half. Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.679, the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act. We are working on an agreement for consideration of the Preside

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Former Senators Domenici, Lott and Kempthorne and Former Secretary Glickman ...

2011-06-22T01:00:00Z

Update: Senate still working on cloture for appointments bill

2011-06-22T01:00:00Z

The Senate has extended morning business until 12:30 pm Wednesday, indicating that a deal is still in progress on the appointments bill, S. 679. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev. ...

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This week in Washington - June 17, 2011

2011-06-21T01:00:00Z

Also on Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) announced a procedural vote on June 21st for the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act (S. 679). If enacted into law, the bill will eliminate the confirmation requirement ..

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Rand Paul: Jobs for Bureaucrats

2011-06-21T01:00:00Z

Rand Paul issued the following statement regarding today's vote on the motion to proceed with the nominations bill, S. 679. "Despite a loud and clear message from voters last November for reform in Washington, the US Senate has been more or less

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Tuesday: Panetta, cloture vote(s) in the Senate

2011-06-21T01:00:00Z

If cloture is not successful (60 votes), the Senate will hold a cloture vote on S. 679, the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act. In the House, members meet at noon for speeches and 2 pm for legislative business. ...

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How your Congressman voted

2011-06-21T01:00:00Z

...the current CIA Director, to be the new Defense Secretary. Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011 - S.679 This bill would reduce the number of executive branch appointments that require Senate confirmation. Economic Development

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US Senate Bill 679: Oppose the Cover-up Protection Act

2011-06-20T01:00:00Z

So imagine our surprise that the Senate is poised to take up S. 679 — “bipartisan” legislation which would exempt Weich, his successors, and 203 other similarly situated federal officials from Senate confirmation. One would think it's important

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Oppose the Cover-up Protection Act

2011-06-20T01:00:00Z

Dispatch from the Front: The Week of June 20

2011-06-20T01:00:00Z

It continues its consideration of the Economic Development Revitalization Act (S. 782). On Tuesday, it will vote on the nomination of Leon Panetta to serve as Secretary of Defense. The Senate could move to legislation (S. 679) to reduce the number of ...

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The week ahead on the Hill: Senate votes on Panetta, Petraeus testifies, and ...

2011-06-20T01:00:00Z

If the measure does not pass the 60-vote threshold needed to end debate, the Senate is expected to then vote on ending debate on the motion to proceed to S.679, the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011. ...

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Easy Monday: pro forma in the House, speeches in the Senate

2011-06-20T01:00:00Z

In the Senate, a cloture vote on that bill is expected late Tuesday afternoon, and if it fails, the Senate will hold a cloture vote on S. 679, the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act. At 2:15 pm Tuesday, the Senate will consider ...

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Oppose the Cover-up Protection Act

2011-06-20T01:00:00Z

This Week in Congress

2011-06-20T01:00:00Z

...to invoke cloture on S.782, the Economic Development Act Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to S.679, the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act You must add at least one tag to this diary before publishing it. A tag is

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THE PRESIDENT WHO DREAMS OF BEING KING

2011-05-23T01:00:00Z

Currently in the Senate is bill S.679 entitled “Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011.” This bill, introduced by Senator Schumer and a whole list of communist want-to-bees, including Harry Reid, desires to give the President

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CREATING AMERICA'S FIRST DICTATOR THROUGH SENATE LEGISLATION S.679

2011-05-09T01:00:00Z

...The sponsors of S. 679 have identified a valid problem, but proposed the wrong solution. Congress should not enact S. 679. In essence they want to give the President the sole power to appoint people to positions of his choosing within our government. Ob

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Time to fill gaps in our vacant government

2011-04-16T01:00:00Z

... Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and majority and minority leaders of the committees on rules and homeland security and government affairs, have introduced the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011 (S.679). ...

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Obama and Senate Rewriting Article II

2011-04-15T01:00:00Z

If enacted, S. 679 would erase these barriers between the branches and shift the powers of appointment in such a way that the very foundation of our Republic would be weakened under the crushing weight of a powerful executive branch. ...

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Brad O'Leary: Another Obama Constitutional Grab in the Works

2011-04-13T20:00:00Z

...citizens of their Second Amendment rights. The Obama administration is working with Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) to pass S. 679, the “Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act,” which would sharply curtail the number of presidential

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A better process for federal appointments

2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

and majority and minority leaders of the committees on rules and homeland security and government affairs, have introduced the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011 (S.679). The bill calls for about 200 non-policymaking, ...

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2011-04-11T20:00:00Z

Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, has introduced the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011, or S. 679. It has bipartisan support, too; Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, ...

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Senate Wants to Punt Constitutional Duty to Advise and Consent

2011-04-02T20:00:00Z

As David Addington of the Heritage Foundation notes in Heritage WebMemo #3211, Senator Schumer has introduced S.679 and, along with 15 co-sponsors from both sides of the aisle, would like to reduce the number of Presidential appointments that require ...

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Speed Up Nominations and Confirmations, but Do Not Enact S. 679

2011-03-31T20:00:00Z

The sponsors of S. 679 have identified a valid problem, but proposed the wrong solution. Congress should not enact S. 679. When the delegates of the states gathered in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 and wrote the Constitution, they distributed the ...

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