Today is a very consequential day in the Senate. Anything could happen but the word is . . . McCain and other Republicans "are so sick of the gridlock themselves" that they are essentially ready to let Obama have his nominees, including members of the National Labor Relations Board whose recess appointments were found unconstitutional by a federal appeals court. (The case is being appealed to the Supreme Court.) As of Tuesday, Cordray has been waiting 730 days for a vote on his nomination. Gina McCarthy, tapped to head the Environmental Protection Agency, has waited 134 days. Department of Labor nominee Richard Perez is up to 121 days. Two of the NLRB nominees -- Sharon Block and Richard Griffin -- have been waiting for 579 days."
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:45:28 +0000
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