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All eight Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter asking Attorney General Eric Holder about any role the Justice Department may have had in President Barack Obama’s decision to make four high-profile recess appointments this week.
The Republican senators, led by Charles Grassley of Iowa, said Obama’s decision to name a consumer financial watchdog and three National Labor Relations Board members departs from past views of some Justice Department officials that recess appointments probably can’t be made if Congress takes a brief break that lasts only a few days.
