BREAKING: Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have cast decisive votes against Biden's NLRB nominee

[Dennis Donovan]

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BREAKING: Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema have cast decisive votes against Biden's NLRB nominee. This means the Democrats will not secure control of the national labor regulator through 2026. These two Senators effectively handed Trump control of the board when his term begins.
December 11, 2024 at 1:51 PM

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The Hill - Manchin, Sinema block Democratic control of NLRB

by Al Weaver - 12/11/24 1:56 PM ET

The Senate on Wednesday blocked Lauren McFerran’s re-nomination to the National Labor Relations Board, opening the door for Republican control of the board starting next year under President-elect Trump.

Senators voted 49 to 50 against a five-year term for McFerran, the NLRB’s chair, with Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) and Joe Manchin (I-Ariz.) voting with every Senate Republican, but one, to block it.

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) was the lone Republican who did not vote.

Re-confirming McFerran would have locked in a Democratic advantage on the NLRB. Her term is up next week.

Short of multiple absences on the GOP side, Democrats needed either Manchin or Sinema to vote with them, along with a tie-breaking vote by Vice President Harris, to get McFerran across the finish line.

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[JohnSJ]

1. Frankly, because of labor's split vote, they will pay a heavy price for their foolishness.

[Voltaire2]

8. both of the are out at the end of the session. They will only reap their bribes.

[JohnSJ]

14. I am referring to labor Voltaire2 for splitting their vote between Harris and the sociopath. If Harris won, this

would not have been an issue.

[SamKnause]

2. Fuckers

[B.See]

36. Exactly. I'm SO surprised.

[0rganism]

3. Gotta burn it ALL down

Seems about right.

Labor gets to relate to TSF on his terms. This will go well.

No excuses, We Were Warned.

[GreenWave]

32. Those of us who voted for Biden don't deserve Trump. Same goes for Labor.

[0rganism]

33. Yeah, too bad 8 million Biden voters decided to take a pass on VP Harris

Now we're all in this mess together, whether we deserve it or not, whoever we voted for, whatever we voted against. In 6 weeks the FO process begins in earnest.

Everything is on the line, nothing is safe. The preliminary appeasement process is well under way, no politician is safe and no principle stands above compromise.

We Were Warned.

[SunImp]

4. They killed BBB & voted against many other good things that could have helped improved Dem polling

Fuck the slime on here who defended them

[Mike 03]

9. But for them, wouldn't we have the Voting Rights Act

and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act? I don't know all the implications, but that might have reversed the gerrymandering and voter purges that cost us the election.

It's impossible to articulate the depth of the hatred that exists among Arizona citizens who supported and elected Sinema. People who turned their lives and bank accounts upside down to get her that position couldn't even get her to return their phone calls after a certain point.

[CousinIT]

5. Vile shits. n/t

[mzmolly]

6. Fuckers

[Voltaire2]

7. of course they did.

corrupt fucks all the way to the end.

[bluestarone]

10. These two, when you REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY need them, they

STAB us in the back and twist the knife many times.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

11. At least these backstabbers will be gone.

I wish them both the VERY worst.

[Mike 03]

12. The Poisonous Enigma of Kyrsten Sinema

Investigative journalists have made valorous attempts to figure out what is the actual deal with her, why she reinvents herself every few years, how it was even possible that she "forgot" that she came out as bisexual, how she could promise in ads to fight for lower drug prices and then take large sums of money from Big Pharma to forget all of those promises, and so many other bizarre psychiatric puzzles.

But in spite of all that journalism, the puzzle remains... One day we will have the answers that we deserve.

[Trenzalore]

15. Sociopathic Narcissistic personality?

[-misanthroptimist]

13. I think that Democrats should elect Democrats to things.

It just seems the right thing to do in almost all cases.

[2naSalit]

16. A final...

Fuck You! on their way out the door.

Fuck them, may their wave peter out and leave them with far less than they ever imagined.

[SunImp]

17. And after President Biden & party leaders gave in to ALL of THEIR demands

This is their thanks

[AllyCat]

18. I literally hate them both. Stabbing labor in the back

even as their sorry arses go out the door.

What a sad state of affairs this is for America. It is just appalling.

[Evolve Dammit]

19. We knew they were empty suits all along. Don't let the door hit ya in the ass....

[themaguffin]

20. Did Sinema do her little thumbs down too? POS.

[Intractable]

21. We won't forget.

Manchin, you will be remembered ... for this and more.

Sinema, you will be remembered longer ... for this and more.

[Nigrum Cattus]

22. Watch for the Davis Bacon act repeal next

And the unions will drastically shrink along with every working persons paycheck.

[ThePartyThatListens]

23. DU needs to update the rule about talking about Democrats

These two people are still Democrats, so I wont's say anything else.

[Dennis Donovan]

27. From Terms of Service:

Don't bash Democratic public figures
Do not post disrespectful nicknames, insults, or highly inflammatory attacks against any Democratic public figures. Do not post anything that could be construed as bashing, trashing, undermining, or depressing turnout for any Democratic general election candidate, and do not compare any Democratic general election candidate unfavorably to their general election opponent(s).

Why we have this rule: Our forum members support and admire a wide variety of Democratic politicians and public figures. Constructive criticism is always welcome, but our members don't expect to see Democrats viciously denigrated on this website. This rule also applies to Independents who align themselves with Democrats (eg: Bernie Sanders).

I welcome you to alert on my post. Oh, and welcome to DU.

[ThePartyThatListens]

35. I was referring to this very rule

It's very subjective to say the least.

Which means it's selectively applied.

That's why I refrained from posting what's in my head.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

28. Sinema is an independent now.

In fact, she’s been one for two years. Flame away!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

29. Manchin is also an independent now.

[SocialDemocrat61]

34. No they both left the Democratic Party

and are independents.

[JI7]

37. People have been calling these 2 anything they wanted for a few years now

The rule isn't that strict.

[JoseBalow]

24. I have an unfavorable opinion of them both

[NoMoreRepugs]

25. Two Dickwads who can't leave soon enough.

[Passages]

26. Shameful but predictable.

They will lose sleep over their legacies? I wish.

[Lovie777]

30. And when the USA dies slowly....

These two will still count their dollars, bitcoin, and that other one……

Maybe, or be on the streets with us down here.

[Nanjeanne]

31. Huge Blow to Labor.

Trump will now stack the board with anti labor cronies.

Fuck it. I can’t believe how quickly we are going to descend into a Mad Max world.

[allegorical oracle]

38. Consequence of Dems being perceived as weak. Believe (hope) we'll have the last

word when TSF's administration doles out its doses of misery due to incompetency -- and tariffs hit. I see a year or so of increasing illness, rising prices, more violence, business failures, increased pollution and a government incapable of coping adequately. States with competent governors will be better off than ones that don't.

What's disgusting is that we're stuck on the stinking, sinking ship with the Repug fools. Dems must do a better job of strategizing and stop playing the nice guys. We tend to bring cotton swabs to knife fights.