now, why would anyone want the nlrb to be in limbo? big business wants nothing more than for the nlrb to not issue decisions, and conservatives want nothing more than to just quietly destroy and render permanently inoperable the government body that oversees labor law. they want to make it thdisappea without anyone noticing. so far they've been able to do that. today at that news conference, those lawmakers featured workers whose lives are in limbo because the nlrb decisions effecting them are just out to lunch. here's kathleen autsen, a baker at panera bread in michigan, who works the night shift, describing the process of trying to organize her fellow workers. >> we had to attend meetings where the boss, a good christian, decided we didn't need a union because he would take care of us. during this process we heard about how we would have open talks, we heard about how they would take care of us and then they started their terror campaign. >> in march of 2012, those workers formed a union. the company refused to negotiate a contract w

borrow to be a member of the nlrb. i might just say if those nominees were confirmed coupled with the two nominees illegally appointed, whose illegal appointments turn -- continue til the end of the year, the nlrb would have a full complement of five members and able to conduct its business. i further ask consent that following those votes the senate proceed as a cloture motion filed on perez to be secretary of labor and further, if cloture is invoked, the senate immediately proceed to a vote on the confirmation of the nomination. i would add parenthetically that would eliminate the post 30 hours assuming cloture were invoked on the very controversial nominee, perez, to be secretary of labor. further, the senate vote on the cloture motion filed on calendar number 98, mccarthy, to be epa director. and if cloture's invoked, the senate proceed to vote on the confirmation of the nomination. also eliminating the 30 hours postcloture if cloture is invoked on mccarthy. and i might add that the ranking member, the environment

nlrb that the nlrb needed three members to have a lawful quorum to act -- again, this was contrary to decision of other circuits -- the two-member board, consisting of republican peter shomber and democrat wimla leeland continued to issue decisions until the court was heard in the supreme court. the supreme court said they need more than two. you need at least three people to make decisions. now, the two-member board during that interim time issued decisions in hundreds of cases after the d.c. circuit's adverse ruling. yet not one republican senator called on either member to resign. and so what happened? after the supreme court issued its decision and the court was now had more than -- the board, i mean, had more than three members, they went back and looked at these decisions. and if there were still open contentions, they reviewed them and issued another decision. now, some of the decisions were accepted by both sides, and people moved on. those that weren't were redecided by the board, including the two people that had served on that board during that interim period of time. so,

no. 102, johnson, to be a member of the nlrb, and number 103 to be a member of the nlrb. if those nominees were confirmed, coupled with the two nominees illegally appointed, whose illegal appointments continue to the end of the year, the nlrb would have a full complement of five members and be able to conduct its business. i further ask consent that following those votes, the senate proceed to the cloture motion called on #99, that is perez to be secretary of labor. the senate immediately proceed to a vote on the confirmation of the nomination. that would eliminate the's 30 hours, assuming cloture were invoked, on a very controversial nominee to be secretary of labor. further, the senate vote on the cloture motion filed on calendar #98, mccarthy, to be epa director, and if cloture is invoked, the senate receives a vote on the nomination. also eliminating the 30 hours's cloture if cloture is invoked on mccarthy. i might add that the ranking member of the environment committee supports cloture on the mccarthy nomination. therefore it is reasonable to assume that cloture wou

what would it mean not having an nlrb?d that leave for workers in their future. >> the mayor is right. the nlrb has not been designed to promote issues that affect organized labor. over 85 million workers that work for private employers are covered by the national labor relations act and only function of the national labor relations board is to enforce the provisions of that act and that act gives workers what we consider workplace democracy, give them the right to minimum wage, the nlrb set minimum wage laws, set laws for parental leaves, give workers the right to join the union if they elect to but as far as the steelworkers are concerned what this means ed, many cases that we have pending in the nlrb will not be resolved. we got cases of workers that have been locked out, workers that have tried to join our union and at the end -- interfered with by the employers and these sort of issues to the steelworkers will be left unresolved if the republicans get away with this. >> strip ago way worker protections, that's what th

nlrb negotiated a settlement. so by preventing labor disputes that could disrupt our economy, the work that the board does is vital to every worker and every business across the nation. earlier this year, i received a letter from 32 management side and 15 union side labor attorneys from across the country that made this point particularly well. it urged the swift confirmation of a full package of five nlrb nominees and said, and i quote -- "while we differ in our views over the decisions and actions of the nlrb over the years, we do agree that our client's interests are best served by the stability and certainty that a full confirmed board will bring to the field of labor management relations." end quote. i couldn't agree more. confirming these nominees swiftly is vitally important because the nlrb must have a quorum of three board members to act. if there are less than three board members at any time, the board cannot issue decisions and essentially must shut down. although the board currently has three members,

i want to thank both of you for agreeing to serve on the nlrb. the nlrb was created to protect american rights under the national labor relations act. the abilityatening to operate which is at a real impact. reviews nominees about the case of susie, the school bus driver from oak river minnesota. 10 months ago the board issued a decision but her case has been in legal limbo as a result of the decision. she still has not been rehired. she is still waiting $40,000 in back pay. aware of you are similar cases. in a world in which the senate confirms nominations and a timely manner, what should the process have been like compared to how it actually played out for her? the board should have been able to up tainted reasonably prompt enforcement of the order granting the remedy. i think it would have if it did not have to contain with the quorum issues. >>. they have been described as pro- act, not prounion. you work for the chair. history of the nlrb, have been been people who have confirmed to have been or labor? ?ave people work for management has tha

that is why we need a strong nlrb. today's nominees molpus restore the board to its full strength and capacity. they come from diverse backgrounds, deeply steeped in labor and employment law. the experiences serve them well at the board and they deserve to be confirmed the strong bipartisan support. i look forward to hearing the testimony today and to moving them expeditiously through this committee. i might say that under our agreement that the committee will meet in executive session tomorrow to the vote on these nominees. with that will turn to our ranking member, senator alexander. >> thank you and welcome to the two nominees. thank you for being here. the hearing is about nominees whose job it is to be judges, not advocates. that is what the board members of the national labor relations board are supposed to do. the national labor relations act talks about the job being to prescribe the legitimate rights of both employees and employers in their relations affecting commerce which suggests a higher level of impartia

this really comes down to the nlrb and the appointments to the nlrb. in fact, two courts found that these appointments were legal. that is what our side objects to. it is not especially to the appointments. and apparently, we're going to have a cloture vote on it, and apparently the nuclear gun is cocked and ready to be pulled. there is a country western song, don't take your guns to town, son, leave your guns at home. well, harry, don't take that nuclear gun to this body. take it back to searchlight, nevada, put it back in its holster if, in fact, a nuclear gun has a holster. that would be my advice. and i would say this about the majority leader. i have known him for a long time. we worked together on the ethics committee. and i mean we worked together. and as majority leader, i have had -- i have had a good relationship. he has a good sense of humor. sometimes that doesn't show, but he actually does. i remember one time he was conducting a filibuster, a mini filibuster. i don't remember the issue. i was the acting presiding officer. i was listening,

two members of the nlrb and the cfpb. we need to talk about that and we will talk about that at a rather unusual joint session in the old senate chamber on monday with all senators agreed we need to start talking to each other instead of at each other. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell request of the closed- door session to talk about changing filibuster rules for all senators will meet this evening at 6:00 eastern and we wille a mera ready in case any senator wants to talk to the media after word spread that meeting will take place in the old senate chamber in the u.s. capital which is much smaller than the current senate chamber. there is a look at the historic rumor that meeting is taking place. -- room where that meeting is taking place. ♪ enjoyed being in the old senate chamber of the day it reopened. architectureel of and engineering, a marvel of american can do spirit. it must have been such a startling contrast to everything around it, everything else in the city, so muddy and dusty. everything else in the co

borrow to be a member of the nlrb.ust say if those nominees were confirmed coupled with the two nominees illegally appointed, whose illegal appointments turn -- continue til the end of the year, the nlrb would have a full complement of five members and able to conduct its business. i further ask consent that following those votes the senate proceed as a cloture

in the meantime the term of nlrb members expires next month so at the first of august the nlrb will continue to nonfunction. republicans consider that a victory. and i'm not making this up. listen. in 2011 the senior senator from south carolina -- and i care a great deal about this man, lindsey graham. he would say he's my friend. i'm saying he's my friend. but listen to what he said. and i quote, "the nlrb as inoperable could be considered progress. the nlrb as inoperable could be considered progress." workers are illegally terminated, they have no way of appeal. labor abuse and unfair employment practices go unchallenged. yet the republican leader says there is no problem here. the status quo is just fine. the constitution gives the president, whoever that president might be, the right, the power to choose his team. it grants the senate the right to advise and consent on those choices. a consistent and unprecedented obstruction by this republican congress has turned advise and consent into deny and obstruct. republicanism obstruction is to deny president obama the ability to choose a team.

good president, reic the nlrb is not republicans. i mentioned to the administration on several wocasions to send us up t nominees who are not illegally appointed. we cannot seem to get that done. the two attached to nlrb nominees and to mr. cordrey is that they were illegally appointed. the agencies have not been at a disadvantage. they are waiting. do the job,iting to he is in office. is -- do we respect the law? said thatcourt has two nlrb members were illegally appointed. mr. cordrey was appointed on exactly the same day in exactly the same way. is it the senate completely lawless? do we not care what the federal courts say? stunned at what radar. -- at where we are. all of the other nominees are likely to be confirmed. what it comes down to is the majority leader is owing to break the rules of the senate to change the rules of the senate in order to confirm the 51 votes, three illegally appointed positions. us federal courts and told there unconstitutionally appointed. rationale for the option. that is why i say it is a sad day f

i loved working for the nlrb. in large part because i had the opportunity to work under the tutelage of regional director bernie gottfried. the region.ed in there is still a memorial symposium every year in his honor. he had a deep knowledge and understanding of the law and was open to and respectful of all viewpoints and positions presented to him. he made sure he knew every fact and every aspect of the case before he made a decision on whether to issue a complaint. most importantly, the care deeply about the impact his decisions would have on the workplace. on the employer involved, on the workers. he knew that real people would be affected by what he did and he worked very hard to make sure the decisions were fair and honest. he was a role model and i will strive to follow his example should i become a member of the board. a private firm in detroit that represented labor unions and workers and was a staff lawyer for the international union united autoworkers in 1982. i served as deputy general counsel for two y

nlrb these people are tainted. there's no a single word in any record any place that depose of the three in the nominee. not a single word. my friend senator mcconnell on the floor said it's big labor. big labor? 6% the private sector is represented by organized labor. do you think that organized labor should care a little bit having a secretary of labor. having someone who works with the "cosmo" poll motel in las vegas, caesar's palace, do you think those maids, valet parkers, janitors should have somebody to -- represent them when they fire them or there's a labor dispute? the nlrb goes out of business august 1st. so we're not interested in cutting a deal topaz one, two, or three nominees. the president deserves to have his team in place, and there are no more major objections or qualifications to any of the nominees. all we need is six to invoke cloture. let them vote against the people. why should they hold them up in an up or down vote procedurally? it's not about democrats and republicans. typical about havin

book in particular is my involvement as the arbitrator in those particular as the chairman of the nlrb during the clinton the administration and when we were involved at that time of one of the greatest straight in terms of duration and serving as a landmark in the entire history of the game. the entire season was shut down beginning in august for the first time since 1904 the world see -- world series was canceled and in the spring of 1895 my nlrb of which was the chairman in the '90s with the clinton in administration in intervened to get the injunction than once we got that, then judge sova my you are now a justice then the players returned to use the of field the parties negotiated a collective bargaining agreement and a good deal of prosperity ever since that period so this really does come from all of these perspectives as the observer as the player in someone involved as the arbitrator and government officials. >>host: how did we get to that point that you had to intervene? what occurred? >> intel lead to 94 we had glycol in the book a 30 year war really resulting principally ou

they're not going to allow that to occur. >> for those that don't know if nlrb is the national labors board. governor dean, do you agree with sarah? >> excuse me, do i what? did i what? >> do you agree with sarah? >> of course not, are you kidding? this is a deal -- we have to have a functioning national labor relations board because there aren't enough people on it. i hardly believe he's going to pick the successor at the white house. you get this as sarah said, this happens when the majority -- >> she thinks the filibuster is going to go away. >> well, i think that's probably not entirely a bad thing, i just wish it would go away sooner rather than later while we have control. >> this deal ultimately, you know, was inevitable, but it wasn't good. i mean, as you said yourself, michelle, you know, with the nlrb, the national relation labor board really, you know, we see a white house putting forward nominees that are nothing more than a pay back to big labor. the last nominee who has just been withdrawn, we find out after he's been nominated that he is a target in a federal racketeer

nlrb nominees,the they're just political issues. has been ink anyone punished for slowing down the nominations. there are members of the senate ho want to block the nomination? why? they want to slow that process to slow the want rocess down of the mlrb or other institutions and that's part of the political process. hopeberg. say if you don't get it, you know what you're going to do. i'm going to keep doing it until you back down and come down and talk. that prevents that from happening today. we live in a world in the senate here we see cloture files and magically two days later with no debate. there's no debate at all. rum calls and empty chamber. you have this sort of pop up in and everybody runs away or they set a 60-vote threshold about it again. in the rules, it doesn't say keep filing cloture and keep the process going and grind down the minority if they're filibustering. that's one reason i don't understand why that's happening. neither party has done that. has happened in the past. but in recent memory, i don't remember tha

two members of the nlrb and the cfpb. we need to talk about that. and we're going to talk about it at a rather unusual joint session in the old senate chamber on monday of all senators. we need to start talking to each other instead of at each other, and see if we can't resolve this in the same way that we did ten years ago when republicans had genuine provocation. we charles hadlock five of president bush's circuit court nominees defeated by filibuster. here, nobody's been defeated. they've all been confirmed. and that's why we're wondering why the majority leader is thinking about the nuclear trigger when all the president's nominees are being confirmed. >> but just as there are past statements that senator reid made that speak to sort of the folly of washington in a lot of people's minds, here you are back in march of 2005 on cnbc advocating for the thing that he's talking about now. this is what you said. >> what they did last congress was change 200 years of history during which we had never killed executive branch nominations by use of the fil

the nlrb is not designed to be an extension of the president. i hope that we all realize we are becoming mutual arbiters and this has been anything but mutual and we have experience in the work force that allows you to take a look at things and your availability as well as your objective we just heard you talk about this and we testified twice before congress in a position where you don't necessarily like these concepts or the 18 years that he spent working at the department of the united autoworkers as recently as 2004 when you were a member of the uaw 1981. i used to do you believe in this act in 2007 and you said that the nl are a was being used as a sword. and you also said that the nlra also no longer protects workers rights. in the and the comments he made about employers have gone from this to spy and harass and intimidate and suppress. it seems to me that there is a per perspective that may have been tainted on one side or the other in 2010 and commented that we really need to streamline the election process. so this is very important in

so the nomination of the full membership of the nlrb is really a priority. i understand that republican senators are frustrated by president obama's recess appointment to two members of the nlrb. i accept that. so no one has raised any questions, however, about these two good people, griffin and block. they're really fine public servants and the record should be spread with that fact. however, republicans have insisted on the president's nominating new people and he's done that. it's a right they had and this is a compromise that was reached. republican senators have also committed that the senate will confirm these new nominees quickly. certainly before the end of this month, the month of july. to that end, i met earlier with senator harkin, senator lamar alexander, the chairman and ranking member of the big help committee and they've given me word that they're going to file notice tonight that the committee will hold a hearing on these nominees on tuesday and then they will have a markup on wednesday and we will -- we intend to turn to these nominees next

that is to be a member of the nlrb, 102, ms.ora. 103, parenthetically, if those were confirmed, coupled with those illegally appointed, whose illegal appointments continued until the end of the year, there would be a full complement of five members, and able to conduct its business. following those votes, the senate could proceed to the cloture motion for the secretary of labor. immediatelyould proceed to a vote on the confirmation of the nomination. 30t would eliminate the hours, assuming cloture were invoked, on the very controversial nominee, perez, to be secretary of labor. further, the motion filed on mccarthy to be epa director. if cloture is invoked, the senate proceed to vote on the confirmation of the nomination. also, eliminating the 30 hours post-cloture, if cloture is invoked, on mccarthy. and i might add that the ranking member of the environment onmittee supports cloture the mccarthy nomination. thereby, it is reasonable to assume that cloture would be invoked. on what is, for a lot of our, including myself, a very

while the nlrb ordered the company to reinstate the workers, the nlrb said the company was wrong under federal law, the workers should be reinstated. the d.c. circuit court, people in large part by people, by judges that almost always do the bidding of the wealthiest corporations in this country, the d.c. circuit court delayed enforcement of the case until the pending challenge to the president's 2012 nominees is resolved in court. or the board has a senate confirmed quorum. that's why america, kevin is a human face of why america needs a fully staffed national labor relations board with a legal quorum needed to do its job. we should confirm these board members. we should make sure workers like kevin receive the workplace protections whether they're union members, whether they're not. the workplace protections they deserve. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. casey: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: madam president, i'd ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding

, sharon bloch, mark gaston, nlrb, thomas perxz, secretary and of labor. these nominees for the national labor relations board are very controversial. after the court ruled that obama recess appointments of threedo members or invalid richard youmembers or invalid richard think if that were not a factor the other factors wouldn't be enough cordray was also part of a recess appointment that was not subject to a lawsuit and the supreme court will decide nlrb cases.and you this action would probably take these actions out of the court branch nominations. and that is in the interest of this administration not to have the embarrassment of the supreme court if they came out with a decision contrary. i don't know how this will play after a i would love to hear by other members of the panel how this will happen to understand specifically how the nuclear option would even come into play. what happens on tuesday morning if there is no agreement how does it play out? is the threshold merely lowered specifically how the nuclear option would even come into play. what ha

, sharon bloch, mark gaston, nlrb, thomas perxz, secretary and of labor. these nominees for the national labor relations board are very controversial. after the court ruled that obama recess appointments of three members or invalid richard cordray was also part of a recess appointment that was not subject to a lawsuit and the supreme court will decide nlrb cases. this action would probably take these actions out of the court and that is in the interest of this administration not to have the embarrassment of the supreme court if they came out with a decision contrary. i don't know how this will play after a i would love to hear by other members of the panel how this will happen to understand specifically how the nuclear option would even come into play. what happens on tuesday morning if there is no agreement how does it play out? is the threshold merely lowered from 60 to 50 votes or will all senate debate be declared dilatory? keep in mind two things -- when you look at this year, two of the biggest thing that happened politically were filibusters. you he

yes join together because of cordray and mccarthy and perez as well as the nlrb nominees. continue on, somewhat inspired, gaining some momentum, but as you said and bernie sanders said it is time the senate be able to debate the issues of the day and not hide from them. >> well, there is a number of issues where the democrats have had the majority, the majority of votes in the senate. and i'm talking about jobs. and how frustrating is that for you and how much has it hurt the committee? i mean, the jobs filibuster that has repeatedly hurt the country, despite the fact we have had 30% sector job growth. >> a disaster, we have many paying a substantial penalty when they dump health care, we have the disclose act, where does the money from politics come from, and the dream act, for kids who grow up in this country without much hope. all of these, the employee act, they all had majority support in the 111th congress, and none of them ever got discussed. and it goes on and on today. >> yet the democrats could get so much done if they were to change the rules but they're afraid

and the nlrb is only one of these things. obviously, dear to my heart and to 80 million workers in this country. but it's not just the nlrb. that's what we're facing. that's the choice. labor day with no labor law in america. that'll be the bottom. we're already near the bottom of any democracy. or this democracy movement gets some movement and some progress in july, we change the rules, and then we get an up or down vote on these nominees. >> that's great. okay. i'm going to go to phil now. [applause] we like clapping, it wakes everybody up. it gets us -- we can stand up later and clap too. phil, we're going to ask you to go a little bit beyond this really crucial, it'd be so great to kick this off -- thank you -- with a win like that, but take us to next steps and also talk a little bit about what it takes for a group, for the groups as big as yours and as important as yours -- ben, you're leaving me -- [laughter] i'm on my own mic. >> very attractive to have my microphone. >> i understand. [laughter] talk about what it tak

is dear to my heart, but it's not just the nlrb. that is the choice. labor day with no labor law in america. that is going to be the bottom and we are already near the bottom of any the mock receipt or this locker see movement get some movement and progress in july. we change the rules and we get an up or down vote. i'm going to go to fill now. [applause] we like clapping. it wakes everybody up. we are going to ask you to go beyond this. it will be great to kick this off with a win like that. take us to the next step and talk about what it takes for a group as big and important as yours. talk about what it means to bring these powerhouses together and get people outside of their silos and work together on senate rules reform and the next issues you are taking on. >> can we give the senator just one more round of applause? [applause] there is nothing that unites us better than a dam good enemy. bring a lot take to of different groups together? it takes the fact that our fights are largely about people, which is money. organized peopl

the nlrb is the real point of contention. i think that cordray, for example, probably would be sufficient republican votes. but i think the two appointments are really difficult for republicans to believe there were illegally made. and that comes back to an issue of the separation of powers and whether or not we will concede the power to decide when congress is there is not in session. >> you think it will be votes have send a row? >> well, i don't know he has this cued up tomorrow. >> conceivably. yes. >> there is still this idea that killing nuclear could be bad for executive nominations. a cold war that changes the rules could be bad for the institution and changeup president think about nominations? >> well, i think going forward this is a new president obviously. it creates all kinds of potential questions about what might happen next. but for sure if this happens now is clearly going to be discontinued in a republican administration. evidently there are not a lot of democrats are willing to accept that, the less there w

. >> what about the nominee's other than the nlrb? is the rear ofrb a point of contention. i think there would be sufficient republican votes to think it -- but i the two nlrb of lummis are difficult for repair work illegally made. that comes back to an issue of the separation of powers and whether or not we will give the executive to decide when congress is or is not in session. did you want to change by ?olls of the cpfb >> how does he have it cued up? >> is this still an idea of going nuclear could be bad for executive nominations going forward and it changes the rules and change out president think about nominations? >> going forward, this is a new president. i think it creates all kinds of potential questions about what happens next. for sure, if this happens now, it is clearly going to be a practice that could -- that gets continued in republican administrations. evidently, there are not a lot of democrats willing to accept that or they would not be for it. i think they were fine with executive nominations but most of the line draw -- most of them draw the line at jud

a full functioning nlrb. it would have gone out of business at the end of this month, it won't go out of business. but this is not just about these nominees. this must be a new normal. qualified nominees must not be blocked on procedural supermajority votes. i am here, been here a long time. i know there will be times when they feel they must do cloture but i accept that. we'll be able to work our way through that. e first cloture vote says it all. richard cordray. what a good man. he called me this afternoon, after having ate eat -- waited and waited and waited. here's a man who is so well qualified, university of michigan, honor student. studied a couple of years in england. university of chicago school of law. that's why this very, very brilliant man was able to go to work for judge work. -- judge bjork. we had a long conversation about bork. justice kennedy clerked for him. what has he done already, what has the agency done already? already, they've collected for the american consumer $500 a billion, beca

. >> we're two nominations on the nlrb away from resolving this. i think there's a 50/50 chance that we can pull back yet again from the brink as we did in december, as the senate did before me in 2005. >>> nbc news senior political editor mark murray is here with the morning's first read. he joins me now. mark, seems we had this great moment of bipartisanship last night, senators really enjoyed their company but there is no deal forward as we know so far. one thing brought up by john mccain, the idea of seven contested individuals with the national labor relations board, gop. you can have those, won't block those, lets keep those going forward. harry reid is not willing to accept that deal. kind of interesting he wants to go all in. >> here is what we know. we don't have a deal yet. less than two hours votes on the executive appointees. first richard cordray, appointee to head consumer financial board. if the republicans filibuster him or any of the seven nominees, harry reid says he's going to deploy that nuclear option. so we have kind of less t

it is not just the nlrb. that is what we are facing. that is a choice. labor day with no labor law in america. that is going to be the bottom and we are already near the bottom of any the mock receipt or this locker see movement get some movement and progress in july. we change the rules and we get an up or down vote. >> i'm going to go to fill now. [applause] we like clapping. it wakes everybody up. we are going to ask you to go beyond this. it will be great to kick this off with a win like that. take us to the next step and talk about what it takes for a group as big and important as yours. tok about what it means bring these powerhouses together and get people outside of their silos and work together on senate rules reform and the next issues you are taking on. justn we give the senator one more round of applause? [applause] there is nothing that unites us better than a dam good enemy. what does it take to bring a lot of different groups together? it takes the fact that our fights are largely about people, which is money. organized people versus organ

so she took her case to the nlrb, and they ruled in her favor.ng board, there has been no final resolution. she is stuck in this spot of limbo. she doesn't have health insurance. her husband is still sick. she has that ruling that can't be put into effect, and that's just one case of the millions of americans who rely on the nlrb to protect workers. >> bill: hasn't the tradition been that they get to choose their team? >> absolutely. this really isn't about republicans versus democrats this is about returns to the traditions and norms of the senate that we have seen operate for 200 years. there is a long list of quotes from republican senator just a few years ago saying we might not agree on the policy positions, but, you know, there are consequences to elections, and the president is entitled to his leadership team. >> bill: what is the beef, for example, with richard cordray? i mean what is the beef with him? he is a former attorney general of ohio. i haven't heard of any scandal or crime that he committed or anything he did wrong. i mean what

their ability to engage is protected in consideredded activity. >> we could be hearing more from the nlrbresident's nominees to fill the board this week. the current board is operating with recessed appointments the federal court ruled in january unconstitutional. back to you. dennis: thanks very much, rich edson. cheryl, watch my facebook page. i'm going to let loose on this place. crackdown in egypt, the muslim brotherhood, the latest ahead in your "fox news minute." cheryl: coming up, checking in with the ceo of the one of the world's largest hotel chain, behind the numbers, steve joyce here in moments. as we break, i want to look at the world's currency against the u.s. dollar, dollar coming up, largest three week decline since mid-september. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ me announcer ] if y can't stand the heat, get off the test track. get the mercedes-benz you've been burning for at the summer event, going on now at your authorized mercedes-benz dealer. but hurry, offers end july 31st. from capital one... boris earns unlimited rewards for his small business. can i get the smith contract, ease? thank

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