The Repukes will hate this: Griffin to get plum job at NLRB
WASHINGTON -- After losing his nomination to the National Labor Relations Board this week as part of the Senate filibuster deal, Richard Griffin is expected to be offered the high-profile position of general counsel to the labor board, according to sources familiar with the matter.
On Tuesday, it appeared that Griffin and his fellow nominee Sharon Block had been thrown overboard in the negotiations meant to avoid a "nuclear option" showdown between Democrats and Republicans. Democratic leadership had threatened to use the procedural maneuver to force an up-down vote on nominees, arguing Republican obstruction of President Barack Obama's picks is unprecedented partisanship; GOP leadership had demanded that the two nominations be thrown out, arguing that Griffin and Block had been illegitimately serving on the board under their recess appointments. Griffin and Block were quickly replaced by two new nominees as part of the compromise.
Griffin's nomination to general counsel, which serves as a kind of prosecutor at the board, would place him in one of the most critical roles at the agency. The position requires the kind of Senate confirmation that previously eluded Griffin
