Senate Democrats were seeking to confirm a new five-year term for NLRB chair Lauren McFerran, which would have assured a 3-2 majority for Democratic nominees on the board until late 2026. The 48 other members of the Senate Democratic Caucus voted yes, but Manchin and Sinema said no.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema helped end Democratic control of the National Labor Relations Board with her first vote in the chamber since Thanksgiving. Sinema, I-Ariz., sided with Republicans in a procedural vote Wednesday that effectively blocked Democrats from ...

Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) – along with fellow centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV) – are facing condemnation from the left for a parting shot they took at Democrats as they both leave the Senate. Sinema and Manchin voted against President Joe Biden’s re-nomination of Lauren McFerran to the board of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB),