To those of you that insist the “voting doesn’t work/there’s no hope via politics” here’s proof you are wrong.
Rep. Jeff Landry (R-LA) has led a group of 77 Freshmen Republicans in an effort to block President Obama’s use of the recess appointment for the remainder of 2011.
The coalition letter to the House Republican leadership (pdf link) contains this pledge:
Rep. Landry’s statement, in part:It is widely anticipated that the President will use a recess appointment to name Elizabeth Warren the head of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, soon-to-be one of the most powerful positions in the Federal government. This is very troubling considering Warren wants the government to approve every credit transaction that citizens enter into. If President Obama really wants to fill a position, he should make his nomination and send it to the Senate.