US Politics Mega-thread - Page 4689

On January 08 2025 19:47 KT_Elwood wrote:
I do get the feeling that all that Trump&Musk bullshitting about greenland, EU-Politics,panama and canada is the circus that should distract the people from the actual politics + Show Spoiler +

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California) has shined a light on how Democrats botched a recent chance to secure a majority on a top U.S. labor authority for the first two years of Trump’s upcoming term, in an “inexplicable and inexcusable” blunder that will likely have dire consequences for millions of workers for years to come.

If the Senate had confirmed McFerran, Democrats would have secured a 3-2 majority on the board for the next two years. Instead, Trump will likely nominate a Republican and flip the labor board, in “a huge setback for the hundreds of thousands of workers across this country organizing for a better contract,” Khanna said.

...Khanna said Democrats, in fact, had a window to confirm McFerran that morning, while Manchin and two Republicans were absent from the chamber. For 90 minutes, Democrats had the opportunity to call in Vice President Kamala Harris to act as a tie-breaking vote for the confirmation, which needed only to pass with a simple majority. Instead, Senate leaders delayed the vote for “no reason,” Khanna said, and allowed Manchin to return and tank the vote.