Sentence examples for his recess from inspiring English sources

With the Senate now adjourned, Mr. Obama used his recess appointment powers on Wednesday to fill the Syrian ambassador's job and five other posts.

We supported the Democrats under Mr. Bush when they held pro-forma sessions to block his recess appointments, because we believed his choices were egregiously bad.

The ruling was completed on Tuesday and signed by two Democratic members, before one of those Democrats, Craig Becker, stepped down that day as his recess appointment expired.

Mr. Obama's action brings his recess appointees to 28; former President George W. Bush had made 23 recess appointments by this time in his presidency.

When Ellison returned from his recess, he said he would allow each lawyer to provide a final argument or "one last chance at bat".

When President Obama made his recess appointments, the nominations for three of the five commissioners had long been pending — meaning that the N.L.R.B. didn't have the quorum it needed to issue any rulings.

Some still held fast to the hope, however remote, that Obama would invoke his recess-appointment power and put Garland on the Supreme Court for up to a year.

They used to pile on his back during recess, his mother told me — not because they didn't like him but because they wanted to see how many of them he could carry.

Perhaps his brief recess from the company has changed his focus.

WASHINGTON -- Less than a day after his controversial recess appointment, Richard Cordray on Thursday moved full steam ahead with his plans for running the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, brushing aside questions about the legality of his appointment.

His temporary recess appointment was due to expire at the end of the year.