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The petition to President Obama to use a recess appointment to make Elizabeth Warren head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Add your name!

"The Senate Republican minority has publicly announced it will filibuster any nominee to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, unless the President strips the new bureau of much of his ability to protect consumers and hold banks accountable. If Senate Republicans are going to unreasonably withhold their votes, the President has no obligation to cater to their demands. He can use his constitutional powers to make appointments while Congress is in recess after May 27, and nominate the best person for the job: Elizabeth Warren."

The petition to President Obama to use a recess appointment to make Elizabeth Warren head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

"The Senate Republican minority has publicly announced it will filibuster any nominee to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, unless the President strips the new bureau of much of his ability to protect consumers and hold banks accountable. If Senate Republicans are going to unreasonably withhold their votes, the President has no obligation to cater to their demands. He can use his constitutional powers to make appointments while Congress is in recess after May 27, and nominate the best person for the job: Elizabeth Warren."

A great summary of how the GOP took power in order to pursue bare-fisted politics, not solve problems or create jobs. How long until disaffected voters realize they've been used?

The ACLU takes on corporate America which claims the right to copyright your genes. Beyond just being creepy, this allows pharmaceutical companies to keep researchers from being able to study medicine, diseases, cures or other information related to these genes. Want that cancer cured? Better hope the owner of the key to eliminating it isn't a absentee landlord.