Posted by
Defend America on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 6:00:31 PM
Senate stops Craig Becker nomination
By
MEREDITH SHINER |
2/9/10 5:00 PM EST
Labor lawyer Craig Becker's nomination for a seat on the National
Labor Relations Board failed on Tuesday afternoon, as a few Senate
Democrats joined a unified Republican front to block a key Obama White
House nomination.
The vote was 52-33 — 60 votes were required to proceed on the
nomination and a few conservative Democrats bucked the White House in
blocking the nomination. The stalled nomination is a blow to labor
unions and showed fractures in the Senate Democratic Caucus, which can
no longer rely on a 60-vote supermajority.
Fifteen senators missed the vote when it became clear that Becker would fall well short of the 60 needed to break a filibuster.
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