Senate Republicans warned Obama on Thursday against appointing Becker by recess appointment, arguing his legal work for the Service Employees International Union and AFL-CIO suggests he would unfairly represent the interest of labor unions.

As opposed to what?  Unfairly representing the interests of CEO's?

Reaction to Becker's appointment was almost immediate.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Obama's decision to appoint Becker is "clear payback by the administration to organized labor."

"Time and again questions have been raised over Mr. Becker's ability to serve in an honest and impartial manner on the NLRB, yet this administration chose to ignore the questions and concerns and instead forced their will on the American people," McCain said in a statement.

Yeah, the REPUBLICANS have never ever once done anything like THAT.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce noted that Becker was the first NLRB pick it had opposed since 1993.

"The business community should be on red alert for radical changes that could significantly impair the ability of America’s job creators to compete," the Chamber said in a statement.

You mean like maybe making them NOT ship their jobs to other countries so they only have to pay workers 1/5 what Americans were making... INCLUDING no health bennies?  Yeah, that would just be TERRIBLE.



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