Posted on 08/29/2011 9:34:14 PM PDT by martosko
A political maelstrom may soon develop over the National Labor Relations Board, as Senate Republicans might finally have some leverage over Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
NLRB chairwoman and GOP member Wilma Liebman’s term ended this past weekend, bringing the Board’s total membership down to just three members. There are two Democratic members, Craig Becker and Mark Gaston Pearce, and one Republican member, Brian Hayes.
President Barack Obama appointed all three of them, but the Senate only confirmed nominations for Pearce and Hayes. Obama recess-appointed Becker after the Senate rejected his nomination.
Becker’s recess appointment runs out at the end of the year, and the Board would lose its quorum if another member weren’t either recess-appointed or Senate-confirmed by then.
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I think there are enough RINOs that Obama could get Trumka approved as Chair of the NLRB.
Does anyone doubt me?
Sadly, no I don’t doubt you :(
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