Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell charged Senate Democrats with attempting to create a “liberal supermajority” on the National Labor Relations Board ahead of a vote to confirm the latest Democratic nominee.
Lawmakers are set to vote on Wednesday for Democratic nominee Gwynne Wilcox, who was tapped by President Biden in July for a second term on the labor board. Ms. Wilcox’s term expired at the end of August, leaving both a Democratic and Republican seat empty on the five-member board.
“The Senate’s long-standing practice is to fill Democrat and Republican vacancies on important boards and commissions in tandem,” said Mr. McConnell, Kentucky Republican. “But instead of pairing Gwynne Wilcox, President Biden’s choice for a Democratic seat on the National Labor Relations Board, with a Republican counterpart, our colleagues would like to create an artificial liberal supermajority.”
The NLRB is an independent federal agency that investigates and decides on cases of alleged unfair labor practices in the private sector. Ms. Wilcox’s possible confirmation could mean that Democrats have a three-to-one advantage on the board. The Republican seat has been vacant since December, when Trump administration appointee John Ring left the NLRB at the end of his term.
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