The president ignored retaliatory threats from Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Orrin Hatch and other Republican leaders and gave Lee an acting appointment to the post on Monday.
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Sen . Orrin Hatch, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, has signaled that he is less opposed to an acting appointment, even though it will allow Lee to serve longer.
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Senior White House officials, apparently fearing the wrath of the Senate, first raised the option of an acting appointment late Friday, after having floated the option by Hatch's closest advisers.
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Deng Ai was no longer in an acting appointment, but now officially General Who Pacifies the West ( ?[ ? \ �Q ), and he was put in charge of both Yong and Liang provinces.
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Hatch said Sunday that should Clinton decide on the acting appointment, he would be wise to leave Lee in the position without Senate confirmation only until January 1999, effectively matching the term of a recess appointment.
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This was issued in a similar manner to an acting appointment for a lower grade officer to perform the duties of a higher grade officer, except that their pay, rank and uniform remained at the lower grade.
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To make an acting appointment, Lee would have to be hired by the Justice Department to a lesser job not requiring Senate confirmation, then be designated to the civil rights slot by Clinton on an interim basis.
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Sheehan was rated seaman 2nd class on 27 February 1929, quartermaster 3rd class on 28 July 1930, quartermaster 2nd class on 16 November 1936, quartermaster 1st class on 16 February 1938, and chief quartermaster ( acting appointment ) on 1 March 1942.
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Clinton chose to make the appointment on an acting basis rather than go for a recess appointment after Hatch said a recess appointment would be " a finger in the eye of the Senate " and more offensive than the alternative acting appointment route.
