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Vice President Harris breaks tie to confirm key labor appointee
The National Labor Relations Board has a new general counsel after Vice President Kamala Harris broke a tie in the Senate to confirm Jennifer Abruzzo, 51-50. President Joe Biden fired Donald Trump’s NLRB general counsel, Peter Robb, on Inauguration Day after Robb refused to resign.
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions also moved forward with two of Biden’s NLRB nominees this week. For context:
Link to tweet
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/7/24/2040952/-Vice-President-Harris-breaks-tie-to-confirm-key-labor-appointee-this-week-in-the-war-on-workers
