House Clears Bill Restricting N.L.R.B.

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Source: The New York Times

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to approve a G.O.P.-backed bill that would prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from continuing to pursue its effort to block Boeing from operating a new $750 million aircraft assembly line in South Carolina. The largely party-line vote was 238 to 186.

Republicans denounced the labor board’s case against Boeing, asserting that the board is overreaching its authority and should not be trying to tell companies where they can locate their operations. But many Democrats and their union allies condemned the legislation, asserting that the bill undercuts an independent federal agency and favors Boeing, a potent lobbying force and prominent political donor.

Under the bill, an unusual effort to halt a federal agency’s actions in a pending case, the labor board would be barred from seeking to have an employer shut, transfer or relocate employment or operations “under any circumstances.”

The bill, called “The Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act,” is expected to face an uphill battle in the Democratic-led Senate. In the House vote on Thursday, the partisan divide was clear: only 8 Democrats voted for the bill and only 7 Republicans voted against it.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/business/house-approves-bill-restricting-nlrb.html?pagewanted=all

[Red1]

1. Prolly Go to the Supremes...

[demosincebirth]

7. Why should it go there? The bill won't pass.

[Veilex]

8. No reason to go to the supreme court...

Unless I've missed something (which is possible), there is no constitutional question relating to what is going on here. I don’t believe the constitution says anything about a company having the right to shift work to other states in order to seek cheaper labor...
(or to attempt a bidding war between states to drive down their own direct and indirect costs... businesses love to externalize)

[MineralMan]

2. Dead in the Senate.

Veto fodder if it somehow gets through the Senate. Dead duck.

[livetohike]

3. The Democrats that voted for this bill need to find another

job come next election cycle.

[TomCADem]

10. Overlooked Is The Fact That Republicans Are Trying To Stop The Pro-Labor Obama Administration

Of course, this does not play into the corporate media narrative of tension between labor and the Democrats, yet here is a House bill trying to overturn a decision by Obama labor appointees.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Oh, FFS...

Talk about a naked grab for power.

The nerve of these Republicans.

VOTE it down!

[SoapBox]

5. wow...how much more can the GOPBaggers hate American workers.

wow.

[Tippy]

6. 8 Dems voted with Republicans

Barrow

Boren

Cuellar

Cooper

Matheson

McIntyre

Ross (AR)

Shuler

[SoapBox]

9. DINOs?

We need true Dems and Progressives more than ever.