Ben Nelson took a lot of heat from labor and his fellow Democrats by announcing his opposition to the nomination of Craig Becker for the National Labor Relations Board the day before the vote. It basically sealed Becker’s fate. But on the cloture motion, Blanche Lincoln also voted no, coming down against yet another major [...]

The vote to block Craig Becker from a position on the National Labor Relations Board, which “lost” by a count of 52-33, angered some longtime Senate Democrats, who would be needed to eventually change the Senate rules. “I’m in my thirty-sixth year. I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy (D-Vt.), [...]

The Senate voted against invoking cloture on Obama appointee Craig Becker, a nominee for the National Labor Relations Board. The final vote was 52-33, with all Republicans opposed, including Scott Brown, who claimed to be “undecided” last week. Among Democrats, both Ben Nelson and Blanche Lincoln voted against Becker, an associate general counsel for the [...]

When you read Ben Nelson’s vow to filibuster Craig Becker for a commissioner post on the NLRB, consider a few things: • Nelson just got $500,000 worth of DNC ads run in his home state to boost his flagging poll numbers after he destroyed his own credibility with the series of deals in exchange for [...]

Michael Whitney at Work In Progress has already hit this, but I just want to look at the timeline here. • Craig Becker is nominated to the National Labor Relations Board last April. There are two missing seats on the Board, making it non-functioning. A deal is struck to move them all together, filling out [...]