Laboring for Obama
As others have aptly detailed, Patricia Smith, Obama’s nominee for solicitor of labor, has a problem with telling the truth. In an extraordinary detailed account, Republican senators have documented...
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Obama’s nominee to the National Labor Relations Board, Harold Craig Becker, came under fire in his senate confirmation hearing yesterday. As controversial nominee are wont to do, he tried to distance...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
Katie Couric will interview Obama live from the Super Bowl because we haven’t seen enough of him, and what he really needs is to communicate more with the American people. Well, that’s apparently what...
View ArticleRe: Re: Laboring for Obama
As I suspected, the nomination of Harold Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board seems to be in peril. Republican Sens. Mike Enzi and Lisa Murkowski, who previously supported his nomination...
View ArticleObama Labor Nominee Draws Democratic Opposition
It seems that the nomination of Harold Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board may finally be kaput. Republicans are uniformly opposed to the nominee, who is the SEIU and AFL-CIO’s lawyer...
View ArticleBecker Defeated
In the end, it wasn’t even close: President Obama’s nominee for the National Labor Relations Board fell short of the 60 votes needed to break a Republican-led filibuster. The Senate vote was 52 yes and...
View ArticleRe: Becker Defeated
Regarding the defeat of Harold Craig Becker’s nomination, the Wall Street Journal‘s editors observe: Democrats Ben Nelson and Blanche Lincoln joined with Republicans to block cloture on a closely...
View ArticleBayh Gets Caught
Dan Coats in an interview on Fred Thompson’s radio show explained his argument to the voters as to why Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh should not be re-elected: “He talked a good game back at home, but when...
View ArticleA Good Deal If. . .
Last night the Senate Republicans agreed to release holds on a number of Obama nominees: “The 27 confirmations mean no recess appointments will be needed during this break, top administration officials...
View ArticleBig Labor Savages Noncompliant Democrats
Big Labor is grouchy and out to throw its muscle around. The Hill reports: Frustrated at seeing their legislative agenda stymied, unions are becoming increasingly active in competitive Democratic...
View ArticleObama’s Thugocracy
The White House chests are puffed, and they are marveling at their political muscle. Health care can be rammed through, and Israel can be bullied — so what else to do? Ah, run roughshod over the...
View ArticleAnother Ally, Another Snub
It really doesn’t pay to be an ally of the U.S. these days. That status confers on a nation’s leaders the opportunity to be publicly berated and to see prior agreements evaporate (e.g., the Bush-Sharon...
View ArticleAnother Questionable Appointee, Another Recess Appointment
Obama is using the recess appointment again. Recall that is how he got the SEIU’s lawyer on to the National Labor Relations Board and how he got Donald Berwick past the Senate’s scrutiny. (“‘Senate...
View ArticleEx-NLRB Counsel: Ignore WARN Act at Your Own Peril
The Obama administration is continuing to encourage employers to ignore the WARN Act, which would require them to inform employees before the presidential election that they may face layoffs due to...
View ArticleObama’s Power Grab Slapped Down
President Obama suffered a serious embarrassment today when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia unanimously ruled that he overstepped his constitutional powers when he used recess...
View ArticleRE: Obama’s Power Grab Slapped Down
As a follow-up to my previous post, I have now read the decision, and it is a very strong one indeed. All three judges agreed that the Senate is only in recess when it has adjourned sine die (Latin for...
View ArticleHigh Drama at the Court Tomorrow
Tomorrow at 10 a.m., the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the case of National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning. It is a very important case, which is why the court is allowing 90 minutes...
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