WOW! Does anyone know what Harry Reid did the other day???

[Tx4obama]

4. Yes. There are always dozens of appointments that end up on the lists...

... that get passed by unanimous consent.

Here is an example from Aug 2, 2012 from right before summer break: http://democrats.senate.gov/2012/08/02/senate-floor-wrap-up-for-thursday-august-2-2012/
this list is a bit shorter than most that I've seen but it is still pretty long.

and here is a list from December 2011 before the Christmas break: http://democrats.senate.gov/2011/12/17/senate-floor-wrap-up-for-saturday-december-17-2011/

Here's a link to the NEWEST list from January 1, 2013: http://democrats.senate.gov/2013/01/01/senate-floor-wrap-up-for-tuesday-january-1-2013/

That is only a couple of them, there are lots more - each time they take a long break they do the unanimous consent thing in order to clean up a bunch of business.


Edited to add...
The one thing that didn't happened this last time though was that no District Court nominees were on the list like they have been in the past, but administration type appointments, etc where.