Late last night, the Senate voted 53-43 to confirm 97 Trump Administration nominees—including both James Murphy and Scott Mayer to be members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Crystal Carey to be NLRB General Counsel. The Trump NLRB now has a quorum and can start issuing opinions. This was the third bloc of nominees confirmed since Republicans changed Senate rules to permit approval of dozens of nominees with a single vote. The newly confirmed appointees also include: (1) Henry Mack to be the Labor Department’s (DOL) Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training (which oversees registered apprenticeship and DOL’s guestworker programs); (2) Rosario Palmieri to be DOL Assistant Secretary for Policy; (3) former Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY) to be DOL Inspector General; (4) James Percival to be General Counsel of the Department of Homeland Security; and (5) Edward Forst to be Administrator of the General Services Administration.
