Senate Democrats Considering Recess Appointments For Obama Nominees

Faced with the loss of a 60-seat supermajority in the Senate, congressional Democrats on Thursday began to discuss using recess appointments to advance some of President Obama’s stalled nominees, such as Dawn Johnsen, who has twice been nominated to head the Office of Legal Councel at the Department of Justice, CQ Today reports…

Second Confirmation Hearing For DOJ Nominee Johnsen Unnecessary, New York Times Editorial States

Although Dawn Johnsen — President Obama’s nominee to lead the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel — is “a highly qualified choice,” Senate Republicans “have been raising baseless objections and delaying” the confirmation for more than one year, the New York Times says in an editorial. Republicans “owe Mr…

Obama To Re-Nominate Johnsen To Head DOJ Office Of Legal Counsel

President Obama plans to re-nominate Dawn Johnsen as his choice for the head of the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel after the Senate failed to take action on her nomination last year, according to a White House official, CQ Today reports (Perine, CQ Today, 1/7)…