Obama to Make Recess Appointments to Labor Relations Board
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President Barack Obama is appointing three of his nominees to the National Labor Relations Board while the Senate is out of town, bypassing lawmakers who’ve blocked his choices for federal agencies.
Obama is appointing Sharon Block, Terence Flynn and Richard Griffin to the labor board, which has been in the middle of a partisan fight over the role of government in regulating business. The labor board started this year with two members, too few to make decisions or issue rulings.