Well, in the case of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, Bush would have to make some nominations in the first place before the Senate could have anybody to vote up or down. The CPSC has just two of its five slots filled, and has been shorthanded for more than six months, when a six-month waiver was passed allowing it to operate without a quorum.
Of course, this isn’t like Assistant AG candidates who have supported torture or anything. This is an organization that, at least potentially, helps real, average people. It’s an organization that, at least potentially, can fine big businesses.
So, no, the Preznit wouldn’t want it to actually do its work.
Update: As for why Bush’s judicial nominees haven’t been getting approved, it’s because he’s apparently determined to make his “legacy” one of in your face obnoxiousness not only to the Senate as a whole but individual senators.
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