from DemocracyNow.org
On Capitol Hill, two Democratic senators have joined with Republicans to block the nomination of a union lawyer to serve on the National Labor Relations Board. The lawyer, Craig Becker, has worked for the AFL-CIO and the Service Employees International Union. By a 52-to-33 vote, Democrats fell short of the sixty needed to overcome a Republican filibuster. Democratic Senators Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas voted with Republicans. Both had come under intense lobbying to oppose Becker from the US Chamber of Commerce and other corporate lobbyists.
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