Blanche Lincoln is doubling down on corporate philosophy in a desperate bid to keep her Senate seat. She opposed Becker because she wants issues to “be addressed through the regular legislative process,” which means she wants to ensure the Employee Free Choice Act go through the Senate so she can make sure to kill it herself.

Corporate groups set this up as a proxy vote on the Employee Free Choice Act, and Lincoln and Nelson got the message.

According to a source knowledgable about Becker’s nomination, the nominee to the NLRB has answered at least 496 written questions submitted to him by Senators. That could be more than any nominee in history.

Ben Nelson just issued a statement saying he’ll vote no on cloture for Craig Becker tomorrow. Let’s pick apart Nelson’s opposition, shall we?

In response to the ongoing drama over Craig Becker’s nomination, NLRB Chairman Wilma Liebman issued a statement condemning the persistent vacancies on the board.

The Senate will attempt to wrangle 60 votes in support of Craig Becker’s nomination to the NLRB on Monday.

This is why it’s great to have Al Franken as a Senator from Minnesota. During yesterday’s hearing for NLRB nominee Craig Becker, Franken used his time to pwn John McCain for holding Becker’s nomination without submitting to Becker a single question during the entire hold.

Craig Becker, one of Barack Obama’s three nominations to the National Labor Relations Board will have a hearing before the Senate HELP Committee next week, marking a victory for John McCain and the Republicans. John McCain is two for two.  After placing a hold on Craig Becker’s nomination to the National Labor Relations Board last [...]

In a letter to Senate leaders Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell, 66 labor law academics say Craig Becker should be immediately confirmed to serve on the National Labor Relations Board.   The letter, obtained by Firedoglake, can be viewed in full here. Becker, counsel to both the AFL-CIO and SEIU and himself a former academic at [...]

President Obama has renominated Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board, along with several other nominees that were returned by the Senate.