Two NLRB Nominees Clear Senate Panel, Third Pick Sidelined (1)

The Trump administration’s nominees to fill one of four empty National Labor Relations Board seats and for the agency’s top lawyer won approval from a Senate panel.

But a critical second board nominee wasn’t considered, likely delaying the agency from regaining a functioning quorum.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee endorsed James Murphy, a longtime NLRB staffer who came out of retirement to become a board member, and Crystal Carey, a management-side attorney at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP tapped to be general counsel. The nominees were approved Thursday on party-line votes, clearing their way for a confirmation ...