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NLRB nominations: An interesting switch
June 30, 2005 by Ross Runkel at LawMemo
The President has nominated Ronald E. Meisburg (Republican) to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board for a term of four years. Meisburg had been nominated to be a Member of the Board, but the President withdrew that nomination. [Press Release]
The President also re-nominated current Board Member Peter C. Schaumber (Republican) whose current term expires in August.
The nomination of Dennis P. Walsh (Democrat) is also pending in the Senate.
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Ronald E. Meisburg |
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Others on the Board are Chairman Robert J. Battista (Republican) and Member Wilma B. Liebman (Democrat).
Currently the five-Member Board has two vacancies, and Senate confirmation of all the above folks would still leave one vacancy and the Board would be evenly split between Republicans and Democrats.
Former General Counsel Arthur F. Rosenfeld's term expired June 3, 2005, and John E. Higgins, Jr. is serving as Acting General Counsel.
Thanks to Labor Law Blog, an interesting anonymously-written blog, for the tip.
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