http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/27/AR2010032703085.html?hpid=topnewsStandard practice, used by the previous administrations, but still tacky. So much for bipartisanship.
"The appointments fill senior positions in the Treasury, Commerce, and Homeland Security departments, the office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and seats on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Farm Credit Administration Board and the NLRB."
Hmmm, why these 15 first, out of the 217 pending?