The most objectionable aspect of Dr Berwick’s recess appointment is that Americans deserve a grown-up debate about this subject.
President Obama has said he would like to see a bill clear Congress before next weekend, when lawmakers are scheduled to leave Washington for a holiday recess.
Senate Republicans blocked the legislation before lawmakers left for their summer recess.
It was a recess appointment, one a President can make for a year, when Congress is not in session.
She would sit in her chair in the elementary class and remain there without speaking — even during recess — and not moving her eyes from an indeterminate point until the last bell rang.
Parliament, due for its summer recess, was recalled for a day.
A 2005 Department of Education study found that students averaged only 26 minutes of recess per day, with poor kids getting even less.
Their delay is likely to prevent her from bringing the bill to a full vote before the August recess.
Now they all play together at recess.
The deal includes a short-term continuing resolution to fund the government into next week to buy time for the House - whose members are on recess this week - to approve the deal.
Lest we romanticize the past, it's important to note that the old recess was no paradise.
Which is why it makes sense to think seriously about recess, not treat it as something that will just run by itself.
But no matter how well I performed at home with friends, during school recess the stigma of "short kid" stuck with me while they were choosing teams.
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