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Melissa Harris-Perry: President Obama’s Bold Recess Appointment

President Obama gets bold in the election year.

Press Room

January 6, 2012

President Obama installed Richard Cordray on Wednesday as head of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau with a recess appointment, bypassing Republican obstruction in Congress. On MSNBC’s Sound-Off, The Nation’s Melissa Harris-Perry explains that this bold move on the part of the president has big implications for the coming election season.

Jin Zhao

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