Joe Biden nominated a far left activist named Julie Su to be labor secretary and can’t get her confirmed by the Senate, even though Democrats control the chamber.

As a result, Biden has decided to keep Su in the position as ‘acting’ labor secretary.

Republicans are showing some backbone on this issue and are now going after Su.

The Washington Examiner reports:

GOP lawmakers introduce bill to thwart Biden’s labor secretary runaround

Congress and the Biden administration are warring once again.

A pair of GOP representatives have introduced a bill that would thwart President Joe Biden’s efforts to install a Cabinet member without Senate confirmation.

“With this latest affront to the Constitution, American businesses may have no choice but to challenge Julie Su’s status at the Department of Labor,” Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said. “The Department of Labor Succession Act seeks to resolve the significant constitutional issues with the existing statute and put America’s elected officials back in their proper role.”

Foxx, chairwoman of the House Education and Labor Committee, dropped the bill in Congress along with Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Kiley (R-CA).

Biden has been trying to confirm Julie Su as labor secretary since March and needs only a simple majority in the Senate to do so. But with Republicans and some centrist Democrats opposed, the president is using a legal loophole to keep her on indefinitely.

Meanwhile, this unconfirmed person is releasing statements on the Labor Department website:

STATEMENT BY ACTING US SECRETARY OF LABOR JULIE SU ON TENTATIVE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT REACHED BY TEAMSTERS, UPS

Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su released the following statement after a tentative labor agreement was reached today between leaders of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and UPS:

“Today, leadership from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and UPS reached an historic tentative agreement covering more than 340,000 Teamsters nationwide, ensuring stability for workers, businesses and the American economy. On behalf of the Biden-Harris administration, we applaud the parties for their perseverance and focus in achieving this hard-won, mutually beneficial deal. UPS and the Teamsters are a model of what a positive, productive labor-management partnership can achieve. They’ve also demonstrated, yet again, that when the collective bargaining process is allowed to work, the results are invariably good for workers, good for business, and good for America.”

She has ZERO business doing this. She has not been confirmed to this position.

Julie Su faces bipartisan opposition over losing $32.6 billion to fraud and for championing policies that destroyed the livelihoods of countless freelancers. My bill will prevent Su from indefinitely serving in defiance of Congress and taking her record of failure nationwide. pic.twitter.com/no5qblTDZV

— Rep. Kevin Kiley (@RepKiley) July 28, 2023

The White House could be sued over Julie Su.

That's the buzz in Washington as the Biden administration attempts to keep Su on as acting labor secretary indefinitely and without Senate confirmation.https://t.co/YFLJDuLGUR

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) July 26, 2023

Biden is a little too used to thinking he can just do whatever he wants. He can’t.

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The Democrats have outdone themselves. After a recent series of policy initiatives targeting everyday appliances such as gas stoves, air conditioners, water heaters, dishwashers, and portable gas generators, the Democrat party have now shifted their focus towards reducing waste generated by utensils, condiments, napkins, and containers (UCNC) used in food service.

In their latest quest to save the planet from waste and climate change, Mayor Eric Adams signed a bill, Skip the Stuff, earlier this year, in relation to “restricting the provision of eating utensils, condiment packets, napkins and extra eating containers, and clarifying the definition of third-party courier service.”

The move is set to take effect on July 31, 2023, affecting food service establishments across New York City.

Under the new rules, food service establishments are prohibited from providing utensils, condiment packets, napkins, or extra containers to take-out or delivery customers, unless specifically requested by the customer.

Online ordering and delivery apps will have to be updated to reflect this default setting, while delivery and courier services are also expected to adhere to these restrictions.

According to the bill summary:

This bill would prohibit food service establishments, couriers who deliver food, and food delivery platforms from providing eating utensils, extra eating containers, condiment packets and napkins to customers for take-out and delivery orders unless the customer requests them.

Delivery platforms would have to provide a means for a customer to request the items, but the bill would require that the default option is that the customer does not request such items.

Food service establishments, couriers and delivery platforms who violate this bill would be subject to civil penalties, however the bill would require that warnings, instead of a monetary penalty, be given for any violation occurring before July 1, 2024.

These new restrictions, however, will not apply to self-serve stations inside food service establishments.

A warning period will be in effect until June 30, 2024. Starting July 1, 2024, establishments not following the restrictions may receive a Notice of Violation. Penalties for violations within a 12-month period will escalate, starting at $50 for the first offense, $150 for the second offense, and $250 for the third and subsequent offenses.

Businesses should be prepared for inspections, at least annually as part of routine inspections or 311 investigations, from the New York City Department of Sanitation and the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.

“New York City has long been a leader in the fight to reduce the use of single-use products — especially plastics — to fight climate change, reduce carbon emissions, and divert waste from landfills,” said Kate Smart, a spokesperson for City Hall. “This is an important step to reduce consumers’ personal waste impact, which is why we support this legislation and look forward to working with the City Council to enact it.”

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