Pentagon officials said they hope Congress will approve the request before the July 4 recess to head off what they say would be a need to curtail flight hours and other military training.

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The ruling also threw into question the legitimacy of Obama's recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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But for now, everyone can still claim progress on health care reform as Congress prepares to head home for its annual recess.

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Members of your party in the Senate hardly objected when President Obama last July circumvented the constitutional checks and balances of the confirmation process by making a recess appointment of Donald Berwick as the new head of the all powerful Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

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The fact of the matter is -- and again, if you have any doubts, please head up to the Hill and check out for yourself -- Congress is in recess.

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