U.S. Rep. Jeff Landry rails against Obama's recess appointments
Times-Picayune (excerpt)

Republican Rep. Jeff Landry continues to rail against recess appointments by President Barack Obama. His latest action was introduction of an amendment, agreed to by his GOP colleagues, that would prohibit any money in a House water and energy spending bill from paying for the salaries of officials given recess appointments. Democrats accuse Landry of grandstanding, noting that few Republicans complained when former Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush made recess appointments. While lobbying for votes for his amendment, Landry quoted former Sen. William Fessenden, R-Maine, who offered a similar proposal in 1864: "It may not be in our power to prevent the appointment, but it is in our power to prevent the payment; and when the payment is prevented, I think that will probably put an end to the habit of making such appointments."