steven greenhouse is the labor reporter for "the new york times" and larry cohen is the president of workers of the america. great to have both of you with us tonight. steven, you first. why are republicans just he hellbent on sabotaging the national labor relations board. >> republicans have never been big fans of the national labor relations board, especially when it's a democratic president trying to name people to the board. they see the board as a tool that helps companies unionize, or when they fire workers seeking to unionize. so testimony the republicans generally don't love the board. there was this big case in south carolina a few years ago when the labor board said that boeing had acted illegally in trying to open up a factory in south carolina, and that sent many red state senators, red state politicians ballistic. and then, also, in, federal appeals court ruled that president obama's recess appointments to the board were illegal. >> that's really the critical point there. now they are making it so this board can't even function. mr. cohen, i know this is a hot issue with

the good men and women of the cwa under president larry cohen the union for the information age. you can find out more about their good work at their web site cwa -- union.org. the congress, of course, is enjoying a long memorial day break. they will come back next week and top of the agenda in the united states senate is the beginning of debate on the floor over the comprehensive immigration reform bill moved to the floor from the senate judiciary committee last week. covering that issue as well as others were "the huffington post," congressional reporter alyse foley joins us in study this morning. nice to see you. >> nice to be here. >> bill: welcome back. it is kind of quiet time this week around the capital, huh? >> really quite especially compared to the last two weeks. this week is kind of calm before the storm i think on the senate floor. >> bill: you had a full bore hearing under patrick leahy. the vote was a bipartisan vote, right? picked up a few republicans. >> they got five in the end. they got a few in the end. they got orrin hatch which was kind of the surprise. he

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