Senate filibusters Becker nomination

[OnePimpTiger]

Senate filibusters Becker nomination

On a 52-33 vote, Illinois labor attorney Craig Becker's nomination to serve on the National Labor Relations Board failed, as expected.

This was a cloture vote to end debate, and not the actual nomination up or down...

...The AFL-CIO released this statement: "It is reprehensible that a minority in the U.S. Senate has blocked an up-or-down vote on Craig Becker, nominated seven months ago by President Obama to serve on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Once again, a Republican-led filibuster has put political interests over the needs of America's working families"...

...The U.S. Chamber of Commerce countered: "While the Chamber rarely takes issue with presidential nominees, today's vote reflects a bipartisan rejection of the ideology behind the Card Check bill and this nominee's out-of-the-mainstream views about the rights of job creators in unionizing drives."

The Chamber also warned, "A recess appointment of this controversial nominee, instead of a new consensus candidate, definitely would send the wrong signal given the clear lack of support expressed by the Senate. The two other NLRB nominees have bipartisan backing, and the White House should use those as a model for who should be appointed to the board."

[duane1969]

Do we really need a radical pro-coercion person on a national labor board? What happens if his fellow board members disagree with something he wants? They wake up in bed with a horses head? A big Italian guy named Gino shows up at their door to "discuss" a problem?

If Obama wants to put people into positions of power the least he could do is find someone with a little bit of integrity and character instead of trying to force thru radicals and then crying foul when they are not confirmed.

[OnePimpTiger]

Sotomayor was confirmed and she's a radical without proper qualifications.

[duane1969]

Trick me once shame on "you", trick me twice shame on me.