By WFI Staff
While the U.S. House passed the Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor Management Relations Act (H.R. 1120) questions loom on the bill’s fate as it makes its next stop in the U.S. Senate. Will the Senate pass it? It would only make sense considering President Obama’s disregard for the upper chamber is what led to the introduction of the bill in the first place.
Unfortunately, it’s not that simple. You’d think the Senate would want to send a message to the executive branch that Constitutional checks and balances cannot be violated. Instead, we’re getting signals that the Senate – led by Obama friend Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid – may consider avoiding a vote on it. There was a time, of course, when strong majority leaders in the Senate cared more about protecting the institution and its place in our constitutional scheme than about special interest politics. But, sadly, those days may be long gone.
That’s just downright tragic. Countless businesses are in limbo over whether to comply with hundreds of invalid National Labor Relations Board decisions. The only people who benefit from the uncertainty are labor bosses.
Phil Kerpen writes in Townhall.com:
It’s creating paralyzing uncertainty. “Roughly 600 decisions are now constitutionally suspect and that number grows with each new decision,” House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline said. “Workers, employers, and unions are in limbo.”
The lawless non-recess appointment by the president has begotten more lawlessness. Some companies are following decisions from the board, while others are ignoring them. Lots of people are paying lots of lawyers to do work that may have to be done all over again. It’s a mess, and everybody would be well-served by at least putting the board on hold until the Supreme Court rules later this year.
But in the meantime, the Senate could save us all the hassle by voting on and passing H.R. 1120, and sending it to the President’s desk.
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