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NLRB Nominee Clears Committee Hurdle. On December 3, 2025, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) advanced the nomination of Scott Mayer to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by a vote of 12–11. Mayer now joins fellow NLRB nominees, James Murphy (nominated to be a member of the Board) and Crystal Carey (nominated to serve as the Board’s general counsel), in awaiting a vote by the full Senate. If confirmed, Mayer and Murphy would join current Board member David Prouty and return a functioning quorum to the agency.
After Mayer’s nomination was approved by the HELP Committee, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) added Mayer’s name to another tranche of executive branch nominees to be confirmed en banc. This latest group of ninety-seven nominees also includes the aforementioned Murphy and Carey. As of this writing, Thune has started the process of teeing up a Senate floor vote for this group of nominees.
If Mayer, Murphy, Carey or any other nominee is not confirmed before the end of this first session of the 119th Congress, of which there are only two scheduled weeks remaining, then the nominations will be sent back to President Donald Trump and these individuals will have to be renominated. When the second session of the 119th...
Actor Nana, formerly of the group After School (birth name Lim Jin-a), filed a complaint for false accusation against the robber who had countersued her on an attempted murder charge. On the 23rd,...