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Don't Do It: GOP Warns Obama on Labor Board Appointment During Break

For decades, presidents have used congressional recesses to frustrate political foes on Capitol Hill. President Obama hasn't done it yet. And Senate Republicans are trying mightily to convince him not to use their spring break to name a liberal union lawyer to the National Labor Relations Board, which settles disputes between management and organized labor. All 41 GOP senators signed a letter urging Obama to forswear a recess appointment that would allow attorney Craig Becker to serve on the NLRB through next year without gaining Senate confirmation. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who is leading ...

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