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Hold the brief sessions. now that the republicans are doing the same to president obama, president obama has decided that he's simply not going to abide by pro forma sessions and pretend they're in recess anyway. >> and they said that the sessions are not really sessions. >> they are, but they just passed his tax holiday in december during the pro forma session. when you've got the floor of the house or senate open for business, things can happen. people can raise motion, you may have to call people back to head off a vote and it's open for business, but the point is, the president's own justi...

Hold the brief sessions. now that the republicans are doing the same to president obama, president obama has decided that he's simply not going to abide by pro forma sessions and pretend they're in recess anyway. >> and they said that the sessions are not really sessions. >> they are, but they just passed his tax holiday in december during the pro forma session. when you've got the floor of the house or senate open for business, things can happen. people can raise motion, you may have to call people back to head off a vote and it's open for business, but the point is, the president's own justi...

See an improvement in the numbers throughout the year and if that doesn't come true, come election time voters are likely to take out their anger on the president. don? >> so is it work pointing out that the president's appointment of cordray was a kind of in your face move to congress? why did he go to this so-called recess appointment? >> why did he go there? and he didn't just recess appoint. he did it in a way that would get the most notice and enrage the republicans the most by doing it while the republicans were in session. while they were in a pro forma session. it sent a number of poli...

Officer without senate confirmation when the senate's in recess. the problem is technically senate is not in recess. if you look in the senate chambers you'll see nothing but empty seats. the republican senators have refused to officially recess precisely because they want to deny president obama the ability to appoint cordray and others. so they've been careful not to adjourn for more than three consecutive days, therefore, no recess according to the constitutions appointments clause. you get it. our wolf blitzer took up the issue with cordray. >> you know there's a lot of legal challenges pr...

People. -- the president shall have pour to fill up the vacancies -- also keeping them honest, president obama has exercised this power fewer times than other recent presidents at similar points in their presidencies and the white house complains they've been facing more delays. >> president obama has a total of 181 nominees pending before the senate. those have been pending for an average of 165 days. the fact of the matter is we've had an unprecedented level of obstruction when it comes to the confirmation of routine appointments. >> the white house did something different this time. when th...