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CWA President Larry Cohen To Senate Dems: Fix The Nomination Process Or Lose Our Support
By Dave Jamieson
The Huffington Post
The head of a major labor union is warning Senate Democrats that those who aren't willing to take on Republicans over the obstruction of presidential nominees -- and deploy the so-called "nuclear option" if necessary for confirmation -- will lose the union's support.
"We're done," a frustrated Larry Cohen, president of the Communications Workers of America, said on call with reporters Monday. "We have said to them that we are not going to sit back and see these agencies literally fall apart ... We expect them to step up and tell us why we [should] care if on something this moderate -- the ability of the White House to govern -- you're not with us."