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Senate Republicans confirmed 97 of President Trump's nominees, reducing a backlog from 150 to 15 and surpassing Biden's first-year confirmations, GOP leaders said.
- Dec 18, the U.S. Senate confirmed 97 of President Donald Trump's nominees by a 53-43 roll-call vote, restoring the National Labor Relations Board's ability to decide cases.
- Senate Republicans invoked a September rule change and have confirmed 417 nominees this year after Senate Democrats mounted blanket objections, creating a swollen backlog.
- Among the confirmed picks were former Rep. Anthony D'Esposito, NLRB nominees James Murphy and Scott Mayer, and Crystal Carey, confirmed general counsel Thursday.
- Now there are only 15 picks left, and Senate leadership said the plan was to knock out the nominees package first while work continues on a minibus spending package tying five appropriations bills.
- The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to weigh in soon on the lawfulness of Trump’s firing, while new appointees may narrow Biden-era NLRB decisions and address hundreds of stalled cases.
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The Senate closed legislative year 2025 with a positive balance sheet for President Donald Trump, who saw from the White House how the Republicans managed to advance with 97 new nominations confirmed, raising the total from 2025 to 417, which exceeds that reached by the Democrats during Joe Biden's first year.]]>
Senate Confirms Trump Nominees for Labor Board
After months in which the National Labor Relations Board was unable to rule on cases following President Donald Trump’s unprecedented dismissal of a sitting member, the agency regained decision-making capacity on Thursday when the U.S. Senate confirmed his nominees to fill the vacant seats.
US Senate confirms Trump nominees for labor board paralyzed after member's firing
The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed President Donald Trump's nominees to fill vacancies on the agency that enforces federal labor law, restoring its ability to decide cases after months of inactivity in the wake of his unprecedented firing of a sitting member of the National Labor Relations Board.
Senate GOP passes third en bloc group of nominations
The Senate on Thursday greenlighted 97 lower-level nominees, marking the third tranche advanced by Republicans since they changed the chamber’s rules in September and one of their final acts of the year before departing for the holiday break. Senate Republicans voted 53-43 to put in place dozens of Trump administration choices to fill vacancies across various…
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