Vice President-elect JD Vance, who is still currently a senator from Ohio, rushed to Washington to block President Joe Biden’s nominee for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), saving the Trump administration from having to operate with a Democrat-majority on the board.
Vice President-elect @JDVance just opened the door for President Trump to make another appointment to NLRB.
He was at Mar-a-Lago this morning and jumped on a plane to DC in order to get to the Senate and block this Biden nominee. Major win.
This is the way 🇺🇸 https://t.co/ek0TATsFMO
— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) December 11, 2024
Lauren McFerren’s nomination to spend another five years on the NLRB was sunk by just a one-vote margin on Wednesday thanks to Vance, who hopped on a flight from Mar-a-Lago just to vote against McFerren. He was also joined in voting against McFerren by outgoing Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WY) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ).
Vice President-elect Vance rushed back from Mar-A-Lago this morning to vote against NLRB nominee McFerran, per a source. Vote failed 49-50
"He got on a plane to Washington specifically to be in the Senate for this vote"
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) December 11, 2024
The 50 to 49 vote saves President-elect Donald Trump from having to deal with a left-wing majority on the NLRB, which would likely hinder his plans for the country — something that Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) seem to be aiming for in trying to push through appointments in the lame-duck session.
Senate Democrats Move To Deny Trump A Labor Appointment By Installing A Union Patsyhttps://t.co/pGFoZVqnvf
— The Federalist (@FDRLST) December 11, 2024
In rushing to Washington, D.C., to cast his tie-breaking vote to block Biden’s nominee, Vance was forced to put his duties on the Trump transition team on hold — though he has stated that he would “move heaven and earth” if his vote could make the difference in blocking any of Biden’s nominees.
According to Breitbart News, Vance has been largely focusing on staffing the Trump-Vance administration, but will still maintain his Senate seat until he resigns just before being sworn into office on January 20.
In another report from November, Breitbart News shared statements from Vance and a transition team spokesman about his efforts to perform both of his duties at the same time.
“As a co-chairman of the transition it’s vital that I’m focused on making sure President Trump’s government is fully staffed with people who support his America First agenda and will be ready to hit the ground running on January 20th,” Vance said in the statement. “However, it’s also important to me to do everything in my power to block more radical judges from getting confirmed. So while it may be outside of the norm for an incoming VP to take Senate votes in the lame duck period, if my colleagues here in the Senate tell me that we have a real chance of beating one of these nominees, I’ll move heaven and earth to be there for the vote.”
Transition team spokesman Brian Hughes echoed those sentiments in his statement, which read: “We cannot allow Chuck Schumer to play games with the transition’s ability to staff the incoming administration. Under no circumstances should we allow radical left judges to be jammed through the Senate at the 11th hour, but the Vice President-elect is needed for the transition to continue working ahead of schedule.”
