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Count em 17 recess

by Josh Marshall
01.04.06 | 10:34 pm

Count ’em: 17 recess appointments this evening from the president — including a slew of cronies and hacks the president couldn’t manage to get through a senate controlled by his own party. Here’s the list just posted at the White House, which TPM Reader JW was kind enough to send us.

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