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Originally Posted by Mr.Sexbankroll
explain how this works?
how does someone get denied by senate, then appointed during this 'recess' appointment?
seems rather odd
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If I understand it correctly what happens is that the president can appoint someone to a position if the senate is in recces, but the appointment is only a temporary appointment. He did the same with John Bolton when he appointed him as ambassador to the UN.
The person that was put into the position has to be approved by the senate by the end of the next session or they are removed from the position and it becomes vacant again.
It's a fairly common thing that tend to happen for one of two reasons. Either the poistion becomes vacant while the senate isn't in session so they fill the spot and get them approved later, or they do it because they know the person is going to have a hard time getting approved by the senate.