House Votes to Shutter Labor Board Hobbled by Obama Recess Picks
Source: Bloomberg
The U.S. House passed Republican- backed legislation that would shut the federal agency that weighs disputes over labor law.
By a 219-209 vote, the House approved the measure that would freeze the work of the National Labor Relations Board until the Senate confirms all five members. Supporters said shutting the board is justified following a January ruling by a three-judge appeals court that three of President Barack Obama’s appointments to the board without Senate confirmation were “constitutionally invalid.”
“No one -- employer, worker or union -- can rely on a board decision today,” Representative John Kline, a Minnesota Republican and head of the committee with oversight for labor policy, said today during debate. Obama’s advisers would recommend the president veto the bill if it passes Congress, the Office of Management and Budget said on April 10.
The Obama administration has appealed the January decision in a case brought by soft-drink bottler Noel Canning Corp. to the Supreme Court. Employers, citing the ruling, have appealed about 100 board rulings. Hundreds of orders, decisions and routine actions by the board are subject to challenge. “The majority is using this misguided bill in a coordinated attack on the National Labor Relations Board, and on America workers,” said Representative Rush Holt, Democrat from New Jersey.
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