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To be expected, but Blanche Lincoln joined Ben Nelson in filibustering Craig Becker’s nomination the National Labor Relations Board. Corporate groups set this up as a proxy vote on the Employee Free Choice Act, and Lincoln and Nelson got the message.
Vote is still going on. But a recess appointment is the only way for Becker to get a seat on the NLRB. Luckily, the next recess is next week…
UPDATE: Cloture fails, filibuster prevails. Vote: 52 yea, 33 nay.
UPDATE II: David Dayen at FDL News has more on this vote, including a statement from the AFL-CIO basically calling for a recess appointment.
UPDATE III: Senate posts the roll-call vote. 52 Dem yeas, 2 Dem nays, 31 GOP nays. Note that Landrieu and Pryor were both absent for this vote; I would have wagered that at least the latter would have joined the filibuster, with the former not being the biggest fan of labor.
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Anyway, as a representative of all Eagle Scouts(because I bet I’ll be the only one who posts here!), I’d like to take this opportunity to tell Mike Enzi to stop being a dick and care about the working class.
I’d ask Lincoln and Nelson why they are Democrats if they hate unions so damn much.
O/T: Greeks take to the streets!
I’d ask why they’re elected officials if they hate workers so much.
amen