Plenty there for MPs - and hacks - to think about as we disappear for the parliamentary recess.
His goal: to get a bill through each house of Congress by the August recess.
And using the dodge of a recess appointment could cripple any new defence secretary.
The talks are currently in recess after both sides agreed a deal on agrarian reform.
Recess appointments are allowed by the constitution only when the Senate is in recess.
The president urged lawmakers to pass a homeland security bill before the August recess.
The presiding officer has ordered a recess, which he says could last a while.
But Congress left for its summer recess with no extension yet on the bill.
Further, they say, the Senate has more pressing priorities as it heads toward its summer recess.
He used a recess appointment, acting while Congress is away to bypass Senate opposition.
He has promised a decision this month before Congress comes back from its recess.
Immediately prior to the August recess, the Senate acted on its version of this legislation.
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With Congress in recess, there were no major demonstrations planned in the nation's capital.
Companies like Zappos and REI have hosted KEEN Recess events to officially bless employee work breaks.
Mr. Clinton again praised the work of the Congress during its final weeks before the recess.
The Clinton Foundation invited KEEN to talk about recess during its Health Matters Town Hall.
All they did was pass things off to another committee and then go on recess.
How does this go to the substance of the matter, which is the recess appointment itself?
S. Congress is in its summer recess until early September, as are many governments elsewhere.
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Neither Kennedy nor Miller has been available for comment, as Congress is still on spring recess.
Well, he used his executive constitutional power to appoint Cordray while Congress was in recess.
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Teaching and learning have become hollow, desperate acts punctuated by recess, lunch, and homecoming.
Like the House, the Senate was to adjourn Friday for a 10-day President's Day recess.
But is there a possibility that Richard Cordray could be named by recess appointment?
The window for breaking the Senate deadlock will stay open until the Independence Day recess.
Von Spakovsky served in 2006 and '07 as a recess appointee, without Senate confirmation.
King predicted a "renewed focus" on al Qaeda when lawmakers return from their summer recess.
Congress will go into recess for the election at the end of this month.
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His family held each other and prayed as the court went into recess, our correspondent added.
With Congress now on recess again, fresh news on the matter has died down a bit.
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