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FBaggins

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8. The missing piece to that puzzle

Reply to Alekzander (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 2, 2017, 12:25 AM

Jan 2017

Recess appointments only last until the end of the next session of the Senate. Usually that's near the end of the year, but the same court ruling says that the Senate alone determines when their sessions begin and end.

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The missing piece to that puzzle FBaggins Jan 2017 #8

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