Obama Nominee Loathed By Republicans Gets Confirmed (for general counsel at the NLRB)

[Tx4obama]

Senate Confirms Obama's Choice For Labor Board General Counsel

WASHINGTON -- The Senate confirmed President Barack Obama's choice for general counsel at the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday, writing the last chapter in a Capitol Hill spat that nearly shut down the federal agency earlier this year.

Richard Griffin, who was nominated by the president in August, passed by a vote of 55 to 44, along party lines. Once Griffin assumes his post at the board, which is tasked with enforcing labor law on companies and unions, it will mark the first time in more than three years that the agency's general counsel was acting with Senate approval.

A former general counsel at the International Union of Operating Engineers, Griffin will serve a four-year term functioning as the lead prosecutor at the board, spearheading investigations and bringing charges of unfair labor practices. Rulings at the quasi-judicial agency are made by a separate panel of five board members nominated by the president. Griffin himself served as a board member under recess appointment before he was nominated for general counsel.

Griffin will replace Lafe Solomon, who's served as acting general since 2010.

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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/29/labor-board-general-couns_n_4171467.html

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EIGHT republicans voted with the Dems/Indies on Cloture: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00221

ONE republican (Murkowski (R-AK)) voted with the Dems/Indies on the FINAL VOTE: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00222

[gopiscrap]

1. YES!!! I thought Graham was going to block nominations?

[Tx4obama]

2. Maybe Reid filed cloture before Graham had a chance to put in a block? I don't know.

p.s. I've also update the OP up above

[gopiscrap]

3. That could be, I was just suprised it went through