Vivvo CMS 4.1 PRI: Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/ ©2010 Spoonlabs d.o.o. PRI: Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/files.php?file=rss_682409203.gif http://www.pri.org/ Obama's recess appointments outrage Republicans http://www.pri.org/stories/politics-society/government/obama-s-recess-appointments-outrage-republicans-7812.html Government Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:42:00 -0600 President Barack Obama on Tuesday named Richard Cordray as the first head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He also named three people to the National Labor Relations Board. He used the constitutionally allowed recess appointment system, though Republicans say the Senate wasn't actually in recess. PRI: Public Radio International