Georgia Congressman Introduces Amendment to Defund National Labor Relations Board
The House continues its consideration of H.R. 1, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act for FY2011. This bill, if passed, will make appropriations for the continuing operation of the various federal government agencies through September 30, 2011. As reported by The Hill several hundred additional amendments have recently been introduced, which are taking up considerable time in the debate.
Among the amendments introduced is C.R. 578, introduced by Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), to defund the National Labor Relations Board, as follows:
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out and implement the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.)
Indeed, there are several hundred similar proposals to defund this or that amongst the offered amendments to H.R. 1, and many will fall victim to political horse-trading and debate as the Republicans and Democrats work to finalize a bill to continue funding Department of Defense appropriations, among other things. Yet on the heels of last Friday's House Committee hearing on the new "aggressive" tone of the National Labor Relations Board, and the Board Chairman's assertive response, this would seem to provide a harbinger of things to come with respect to Congressional oversight of the agency.
