company s actions violated labor law. but that decision was issued by a board with recess appointees. and the d.c. court has cast all of those decisions, all of them issued by the board that featured those recess appointees who were only appointed because republicans refused to confirm anyone else. the d.c. court has cast all of those into legal limbo, meaning kathleen and millions of other workers are out of luck. joining me now is congresswoman linda sanchez, democrat from california. and larry cohen, president of communications workers of america. congresswoman, i ll begin with you. why did you send this letter today in why did you hold this press conference? what is different now? is this a breaking point? we ve just seen an incredible lack of cooperation between the republicans and the white house. and this is just the prime example of how they are hurting american workers and american families by obstructing the normal business of our government. and i think this can t be
right now the only decision standing and they haven t officially appealed it, nlrb, is the one saying you do not belong on that board and you never had the authority to appoint them, president obama. there are a couple of levels here, several levels in which this president is basically telling everyone to go to hell by not removing those appointees, he s telling the d.c. court of appeals, go to hell. by not appealing the decision, he s telling the d.c. court of appeals and in fact, the entire country to go to hell because he is now operating extra-legally. he is operating under his own fiat and his direction to those who are sitting on that board, the so-called recess appointees who have been thrown off the board by the d.c. court of appeals, he s saying we re going to do exactly what we want, the way we want, and by the way, not only are they sitting there, they have he rendered 26 decisions since the ruling of the appellate court.
were named by president obama as recess appointees. tomorrow is the day that the protests will roll out if they re not abandoned at some point. and expect the nlrb to possibly give a decision because time is of the essence. are they under obligation to meet a deadline. there s no statutory designation for the labor relations board to rule. and they re taking six weeks we re told for the board to adjudicate and they re aiming for a 72 hour deadline. they missed that. we re on it and come back after the break. i will. and cash strapped postal service is looking at a premium service for internet shoppers. december 12th if all goes well, it will expand next year to other big cities and the companies such as amazon.com and wal-mart have similar services. we re one holiday closer to the fiscal cliff and we ll
and as a result, hurts our economy and puts our people at risk. and i had an obligation as president to do what i can without them. eager to pick a fight with congress as part of his reelection strategy. president obama bypassed the confirmation process this week and installed richard cordray as the protection bureau and named three members to the national labor relations board and the white house is calling them recess appointment, even though the senate isn t in recess. so, kim, why are republicans so upset about this and they are? well, just as you said. the president has appointed these people to the very important agencies and the senate is not in recess. the issue here, they ve been holding what are called pro forma sessions and a few senators meet and only briefly. now, the suspects pioneered this process to keep president bush from appointing any recess appointees, they would
and as a result, hurts our economy and puts our people at risk. and i had an obligation as president to do what i can without them. eager to pick a fight with congress as part of his reelection strategy. president obama bypassed the confirmation process this week and installed richard cordray as the protection bureau and named three members to the national labor relations board and the white house is calling them recess appointment, even though the senate isn t in recess. so, kim, why are republicans so upset about this and they are? well, just as you said. the president has appointed these people to the very important agencies and the senate is not in recess. the issue here, they ve been holding what are called pro forma sessions and a few senators meet and only briefly. now, the suspects pioneered this process to keep president bush from appointing any recess appointees, they would hold the brief sessions.