To: Senator Tom Coburn
From: Christopher M. Davis
Analyst on Congress and the Legislative Process
Henry B. Hogue
Analyst in American National Government
This responds to your request for a memorandum identifying the President’s options with regard to several aspects of membership on the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Specifically, you asked
From: Christopher M. Davis
Analyst on Congress and the Legislative Process
Henry B. Hogue
Analyst in American National Government
This responds to your request for a memorandum identifying the President’s options with regard to several aspects of membership on the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). Specifically, you asked
1. Could the President appoint members of the IPAB using his recess appointment authority?
2. If so, could he recess appoint enough members of his own political party to give the board a working majority without appointing any members of a party other than his own? and
3. What authority does the President have to remove IPAB members?
Date of Report: March 18, 2011
Number of Pages: 4
Order Number: M-031811
Price: $19.95
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