Corrupt Obama uses recess appointment to get his SEIU thug Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board

seiu-brownshirts-obamaDespite intense Republican AND Democrat objections, Obama on Saturday used recess appointments to fill 15 administration posts without Senate confirmation, including SEIU thug Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board. According to Fox News, by filling the jobs while Congress is in recess, Obama gets around Senate confirmation. Obama justified the move by charging Republicans with playing politics with his administration nominees.

“The United States Senate has the responsibility to approve or disapprove of my nominees. But if, in the interest of scoring political points, Republicans in the Senate refuse to exercise that responsibility, I must act in the interest of the American people and exercise my authority to fill these positions on an interim basis,” he said in a written statement.

All 41 Senate Republicans wrote Obama this week urging him not to use a recess appointment for Becker, a former top lawyer with Service Employees International Union and the AFL-CIO, whose nomination was rejected by the Senate last month, 52-43.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce also wrote Obama on behalf of 20 business groups that oppose Becker’s nomination.

“Craig Becker stands far outside the mainstream of NLRB nominees,” Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said in a written statement Thursday. “Given the bipartisan opposition to his nomination, the administration would be wise to not circumvent the will of the Senate by recess appointing him to the NLRB.

“There is not place on this powerful board for someone who believes that card check legislation — getting rid of the secret union ballot — can be enacted surreptitiously through regulation.”

Sen. John McCain said the Senate has already delivered its verdict on Becker’s ability to serve impartially on the labor board.

“If this administration chooses to recess appoint Mr. Becker, it would be just another example of putting the will of one special interest group over the will of the American people,” he said.

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March 27, 2010 · Filed Under General Politics


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