A deal ... heh ...

Guess what? Congress made a deal with the Chimp and they expect him to stand by it:

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There'll be no recess appointments this time around, Roll Call reports (sub. req.), meaning the White House won't be taking advantage of Congress' vacation to install any contested nominees. That's due to a deal between Bush and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).

Last recess, the White House made a number of controversial recess appointments, including Swift Boat backer Sam Fox as ambassador to Belgium. In order to prevent that sort of thing from happening again, Reid had plotted to keep the Senate in "pro forma" session during the recess -- whereby the Senate floor personnel show up every three days to make it an official session. But now Reid and Bush have made a deal, according to Roll Call. Bush won't make any recess appointments and Reid has promised to move some of his nominees when Senate gets back in session.

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Swopa says it best:

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Who wants to bet that sometime in the next few weeks, Bush makes some recess appointments anyway?

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Didn't Congress 'make a deal' with the Chimp on the FISA bill? Just askin' ...

Off to work ...