Democrats Try for Quick Confirmation of NLRB Nominee

The Wall Street Journal (online registration required): Democrats are urging a speedy confirmation of President Barack Obama’s new nominee to the National Labor Relations Board. On Thursday, they made clear they’re determined to get it.

Less than 24 hours after the White House’s announcement Wednesday that President Obama nominated Lauren McFerran to the federal labor board, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions scheduled a hearing next Thursday to vet her. Ms. McFerran is currently the committee’s chief labor counsel and a graduate of the Yale Law School. She was nominated to the five-member labor board to succeed Democrat Nancy Schiffer, whose term expires Dec. 16.

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