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position. republicans feared, however, he would use his post to, quote, advance quote radical views. and republicans are saying why are we rushing this through? are they so confident that they are going defeat barack obama? we have approved dozens of nominees we have disagreed. the problem this nominee has shown in his writings and in his responses to committee that his thinking is far outside the mainstream. shepard: senator scott brown by the way voted no but president obama perhaps anticipating this outcome today, shep, warned at his news conference that he might make several of these kinds of appoint wants while congress is in recess. shepard: james, republicans are wrapping this up in their fears of unionizing, right? that s right. mr. becker in his writings and his answers to the committee had made clear that he take as very wide view of how much power the national labor relations board should have in figuring out what congress meant when it passed this or that piece of
republicans, i should say and some democrats feared that becker would use his post to advance, by executive decree, if you will, of the card check legislation that had stalled in the congress and, indeed, shep, that legislation would have made it easier for labor unions to organize. shepard: among other things. james rosen live on the hill. james, thank you. the feds and local police are now on the hunt for a man convicted in multiple counts of kidnapping after a 2007 hostage standoff at a hillary clinton campaign office in new hampshire. remember that? according to investigators, leeland eisenberg cut off his monitoring bracelet this morning and skedaddled. the judge released the man on probation after nearly two years in prison. just yesterday, the same judge gave eisenberg a so-called last chance warning after what we are told were multiple probation violations. you will recall in november of 07 he took several people hostage and claimed to have a bomb. it turned out to be but a
that left democrats with just 57 seats plus the two with whom they caucus. and the two independents there. and they are now a vote shy of the 60 needed to override any republican filibuster. today, supporters spotted senator brown s pickup truck on capitol hill. not something we would normally notice except this is that same truck that he used to get around massachusetts when he was in campaign mode, when he sought support from blue collar voters. now that he is in d.c., he is already having a bit of an impact. james rosen is on the hill tonight. what happened today, james? shep, good evening. senate republicans tonight dealt a stinging blow to one of president obama s most controversial nominees and in doing so, they were joined by two democratic defectors. christian becker was nominated almost a year ago to serve on the national labor relations board, the nlrb settles labor disputes and issues rules for labor elections. democrats pointed out that mr. becker is a graduate of yale la
that s it for this special report. fair, balanced, and unafraid even though we are cowering at the snow coming down, woo! shepard: a string of church fires and now it appears an arsonist may have struck again. plus, more auto troubles. tonight, toyota makes it official. i m shepard smith. this is fox news. toyota now recalling hundreds of thousands more cars. as a company, we deeply apologize. but this car maker isn t the only one having trouble. you have to remember that recalls are constantly going on. from vehicles that could burst into flames to air bags that might deploy without warning. tonight, recalls revealed. plus, fixing health care. we have an obligation, both parties, to tackle this issue in a serious way it? really is time to scrap the bill and start over. shepard: and now word of new trouble for the president s plans for a bipartisan sit-down. tonight, why top republicans are hinting they might be no-shows at the white house summit. and this i