Bush Bypasses Senate With FTC Appointments
From Times Wire Reports
President Bush used a procedural maneuver to install a new chief of the Federal Trade Commission, sidestepping opposition from some Senate Democrats.
The White House named antitrust lawyer Deborah Majoras the new chairwoman of the FTC in a “recess appointment” made during lawmakers’ summer break. Bush named Jon Liebowitz to fill another vacancy at the five-member FTC, breaking a deadlock that had kept both nominees from being confirmed.
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