Speaker John Boehner, in a statement released to the press, slammed President Obama’s intention to recess appoint Richard Cordray to the top consumer watchdog agency.
This is an extraordinary and entirely unprecedented power grab by President Obama that defies centuries of practice and the legal advice of his own Justice Department. The precedent that would be set by this cavalier action would have a devastating effect on the checks and balances that are enshrined in our constitution.