A Senate bill to cut off funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and National Labor Relations Board and undo their actions during the past year has been filed in response to a court decision that declared recess appointments made by President Barack Obama to be invalid.
On Jan. 25, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rendered a unanimous decision in the case of Noel Canning v. National Labor Relations Board. The plaintiff challenged the authority of the NLRB on the basis that three members, put in place through recess appointments made by the President, were unconstitutional and should not count toward a needed quorum.
