{"id":2378610,"date":"2024-12-10T16:07:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T21:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-bid-to-trump-proof-labor-board-faces-uncertain-future-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T16:11:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T21:11:08","slug":"schumer-bid-to-trump-proof-labor-board-faces-uncertain-future-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-bid-to-trump-proof-labor-board-faces-uncertain-future-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer bid to Trump-proof labor board faces uncertain future &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fschumer-bid-to-trump-proof-labor-board-faces-uncertain-future-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2378610&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck \u200cSchumer is pushing to secure Democratic control of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ahead of President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s \u2063term.The Senate is set to vote on President Joe Biden\u2019s nomination of Lauren McFerran \u2063to \u200ba five-year term\u200b as Chairwoman \u200bof the NLRB, which,\u2064 if\u2062 triumphant, would maintain a Democratic majority on the board until at least 2026. Though,time is\u2063 limited,with McFerran&#8217;s position expiring \u2062soon and uncertainty about party unity\u2064 among Democrats concerning their votes.Senators \u2063Joe Manchin and Lisa Murkowski have expressed \u200dindecision about \u200dtheir support for McFerran,\u2064 indicating potential bipartisan dynamics in the vote, reflecting the \u2064nuanced and \u2063sometimes unpredictable nature of Senate confirmations for such <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-antitrust-executive-order-has-major-giveaway-for-tech-giants\/\" title=\"Biden Antitrust Executive Order Has Major Giveaway for Tech Giants\">independent agencies<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Schumer bid to Trump-proof national labor board faces uncertain Senate future<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1896416\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A last-minute attempt by Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Chuck Schumer\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) to keep the federal agency that oversees U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/labor-unions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"labor law\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/labor-board-dismisses-union-misconduct-complaints-following-biden-purge\/\" title=\"Labor Board Dismisses Union Misconduct Complaints Following Biden Purge\">labor law<\/a><\/a> under Democratic control into President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s term is coming down to the wire.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Senate will vote Wednesday to advance President Joe Biden&rsquo;s nomination of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nlrb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"National Labor Relations Board\">National Labor Relations Board<\/a> Chairwoman Lauren McFerran to another five-year term on the independent body.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a move that, if successful, would secure a Democratic majority until at least 2026 on the five-person panel tasked with protecting organized union labor.<\/p>\n<p>But Democrats, with less than two working weeks left in the majority and McFerran&rsquo;s post expiring next Monday, are flying blind into the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> he was unsure if the caucus would vote in unison for McFerran, a Democrat, because he did not whip the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV), who caucuses with Democrats, voted against Democrat Gwynne Wilcox for a second five-year term last year. But in the same vote, Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) voted in favor, allowing Wilcox to be reconfirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The NLRB and other small-member government agencies requiring Senate confirmation, such as the Federal Election Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Federal Communications Commission, and Federal Trade Commission, can create strange coalition bedfellows who buck their parties.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin was undecided Tuesday on McFerran, as was Murkowski.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been so engrossed in permitting [reform], no one&rsquo;s even brought that to my attention,&rdquo; Manchin told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> of McFerran.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a staunch pro-labor advocate, was certain that McFerran would be reconfirmed without any Democratic defectors.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have the votes,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlrb.gov\/about-nlrb\/who-we-are\/the-board\/members-of-the-nlrb-since-1935\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"NLRB&rsquo;s current makeup\">NLRB&rsquo;s makeup<\/a> is three Democrats, one Republican, and one absent Republican seat. The agency may not have more than a 3-2 partisan majority for either party. Each seat&rsquo;s term runs five years, regardless of when members are seated.<\/p>\n<p>Reconfirming McFerran, who has served on the NLRB for the past decade, would cement a Democratic majority until at least Aug. 27, 2026, when Trump could replace Democrat David Prouty with a Republican. But if McFerran is shot down, the NLRB could tip into GOP control as soon as Trump takes office and the incoming Republican Senate could confirm his Republican nominees.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) listens during a news conference after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mariam Zuhaib)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Conservatives oppose McFerran over a range of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uschamber.com\/employment-law\/senators-should-oppose-lauren-mcferran-for-another-nlrb-term\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">NLRB decisions<\/a> made under her leadership that they say have been anti-business, restricted employer free speech, undermined secret ballot union elections, and violated the Civil Rights Act from labor law interpretations.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) accused a Democratic NLRB under Biden of having &ldquo;worked overtime to pollute employer-employee relations across the country with vague new standards, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">distort long-standing free speech principles<\/a>, and wage all-out war on small-business franchisers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Schumer made the case that reconfirming McFerran was &ldquo;essential to protecting workers&rsquo; rights.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Anyone who says they stand with working Americans should care immensely about getting these NLRB nominees done,&rdquo; he added. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>McFerran&rsquo;s reconfirmation, and Schumer&rsquo;s ability to ensure a Democratic NLRB, may come down to a numbers game. Possible absences and defections could force Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-republicans-meet-at-state-capitol-in-wisconsin-vote-for-gop-slate-of-electors\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Republicans Meet at State Capitol in Wisconsin \u2013 Vote for GOP Slate of Electors\">vice president-elect<\/a>, sprinting back to Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3191374\/dates-2024-presidential-transition\/\"><strong>KEY DATES FOR THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With full chamber attendance and Harris as the tiebreaker, Democrats could afford one defection. Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Ed Markey (D-MA), and Vance were absent from a vote Tuesday morning on a judicial nominee.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate will also vote Wednesday to advance Biden&rsquo;s nomination of labor attorney Joshua Ditelberg to the open Republican slot. His fate was also uncertain.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1896416\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1896416\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schumer&#8217;s effort to secure labor board control faces Senate uncertainty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2378611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/schumer-trump-proof-nlrb.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[46537,4411,37507],"class_list":["post-2378610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-labor-board","tag-schumer","tag-trump-proof"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/schumer-trump-proof-nlrb.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2378610"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2378614,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2378610\/revisions\/2378614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2378611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2378610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2378610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2378610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}