<p>The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> blocked President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>&#8216;s renomination of the current chairwoman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Lauren McFerran, with the help of two lawmakers who left the Democratic Party.</p>
<p>Sens. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-manchin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Manchin</a> (I-WV) and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kyrsten-sinema" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kyrsten Sinema</a> (I-AZ) joined with Republicans in a <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00320.htm#position" target="_blank" rel="noopener">50-49 cloture vote</a>, effectively stymying the bid to give McFerran a new five-year term.</p>
<p>Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) was the only lawmaker who did not vote. Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/12/12/manchin-sinema-schumer-nlrb-vote?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;utm_medium=social" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Marshall had planned orthopedic surgery and GOP leaders were aware that he was not expected to be in attendance.</p>
<p>The setback for Biden means that Democrats were denied a majority at the five-member NLRB until at least 2026 with President-elect Donald Trump in office and Republicans retaking control of the Senate, <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/11/congress/nlrb-nominee-stalls-senate-democrats-00193798" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to POLITICO</a>.</p>
<p>Sen. Bill Cassidy, the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee ranking member who has <a href="https://www.help.senate.gov/ranking/newsroom/press/ranking-member-cassidy-demands-accountability-from-nlrb-for-abusing-authority-influencing-union-elections-on-behalf-of-labor-organizers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">raised concerns</a> about NLRB allegedly influencing union elections in favor of organizers, celebrated the vote against McFerran.</p>
<p>&#8220;This NLRB seat should be filled by President Trump and the new incoming Senate. Not a historically unpopular president and a Senate Democrat Majority that has lost its mandate to govern,&#8221; Cassidy said.</p>
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<p>He added: &#8220;I am glad the Senate rejected Democrats’ partisan attempt to deny President Trump the opportunity to choose his own nominees and enact a pro-America, pro-worker agenda with the mandate he has from the American people.&#8221;</p>
<p>On X, HuffPost&#8217;s Igor Bobic <a href="https://x.com/igorbobic/status/1866919229976613229" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared</a> that Manchin said his opposition to McFerran &#8220;is not a surprise to anyone,” pointing to a joint employer rule that he previously <a href="https://www.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/manchin-applauds-senate-vote-to-overturn-biden-administration-rule-threatening-american-franchise-model-small-businesses" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bemoaned</a> for &#8220;saddling&#8221; franchisers with liability for franchise owners.</p>
<p>C-SPAN&#8217;s Craig Caplan <a href="https://x.com/CraigCaplan/status/1866907564509696050" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> Sinema, who like Manchin is leaving the Senate in a couple weeks after not running for another term, returned Wednesday for floor votes for the first time since the upper chamber came back from its Thanksgiving break.</p>
<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) had also filed cloture on a Republican NLRB pick, Joshua Ditelberg, but he <a href="https://x.com/NickNiedz/status/1866919080046862524" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> shut down his own effort to move forward with the nomination after McFerran was blocked.</p>
<p>&#8220;It is deeply disappointing, a direct attack on working people, and incredibly troubling that this highly qualified nominee — with a proven track record of protecting worker rights — did not have the votes,&#8221; Schumer <a href="https://x.com/stephen_neukam/status/1866926017018749342" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lamented</a> in a statement.</p>

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