[Alex in chains]

It wasn’t all bad. McConnell did get a concession on the NLRB. The nominees that Obama “recess” appointed are stepping down.

A federal court had found that the appointments were illegal, but they refused to resign. With this deal, they are gone.

[frogjerk]

It wasn’t all bad. McConnell did get a concession on the NLRB. The nominees that Obama “recess” appointed are stepping down. A federal court had found that the appointments were illegal, but they refused to resign. With this deal, they are gone.

How is this a good thing? They were most likely going to be thrown out anyway when SCOTUS ruled it was unconstitutional. Now we will never know one way or another on this crucial issue because that case will most likely be dropped.

[Buckeye McFrog]

With this deal, they are gone.

Yes, but with this deal they'll be replaced with candidates who are EVEN WORSE. Obama has carte-blanche because he knows they'll get an up or down vote. Supposedly the General Counsel of the AFL-CIO has already been nominated.