Abruzzo and her colleagues *could* have remained in office for years to come, if Democratic Senators had been able to confirm board member Lauren McFerran (or if two of those "pro-labor" Republican Senators had voted for her). Instead, Joe Manchin and Kirsten Synema rushed to the Senate chamber at the last minute in order to vote McFerran down and give Trump total control over the NLRB:
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/11/schumer-nlrb-vote-manchin-sinema
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