December 11th, 2009, Fairfax, VA—Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today in a letter urged members of the U.S. Senate to reject 10 controversial nominations made by Barack Obama.
According to Wilson’s letter, “All of these appointments have serious flaws and raise deep concerns about the competence and commitment of the individual to the fundamental principles on which our nation was founded.”
Enclosed with the letter, ALG included backgrounds on each of the appointments:
Clifford L. Stanley, Nominee for
Undersecretary of Defense for
Personnel and Readiness
M. Patricia Smith, Nominee for
Solicitor of Labor
Chai Feldblum, Nominee for
Commissioner on the Equal
Employment Opportunity
Commission
Jacqueline A. Berrien, Nominee
to be Chairman of the Equal
Employment Opportunity
Commission
James A. Wynn, Nominee for
Judge on the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the 4th Circuit
Christopher Schroeder, Nominee
for Assistant Attorney General for
the Office of Legal Policy
Craig Becker, Nominee to be
Member of the National Labor
Relations Board
Mark G. Pearce, Nominee to be
Member of the National Labor
Relations Board
Dawn Elizabeth Johnsen,
Nominee for Assistant Attorney
General for the
Office of Legal Counsel
Louis B. Butler, Nominee for
Judge on the U.S. District Court
for the Western District of
Wisconsin
Wilson told Senators in his letter to pull out all of the stops and to “use every tool” at their disposal to “prevent the confirmation of these individuals.”
Wilson continued, “Should they be included in any Consent Resolution, Americans for Limited Government requests you object. Should they be brought to the floor of the Senate, we request you place a Hold on the nomination. And should cloture motion be filed, we strongly request you vote to oppose cloture. And, should all else fail, we urge you to side with the overwhelming majority of the American people by opposing these extremely bad appointments.”
###