They have labeled the decertification an end-run around the collective-bargaining process and filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board attempting to block it.
Lord Owen denies this is a cunning attempt to block the bill - arguing that because the parliamentary year will not end until well after Easter, there is plenty of time to have the debate he wants and then for the bill to reach the statute book.
And while the process is important and it's a vital function of our democracy -- the confirmation process -- I would be stunned if, in the end, Republican senators chose to try to block the nomination of a decorated war veteran who was once among their colleagues in the Senate as a Republican.
Celtic replied at the other end when McGeady fed Marc-Antoine Fortune inside the Hibs penalty area, but Souleymane Bamba made the block and the Frenchman was denied.
Estonians and Latvians fear the dispute may block better road, rail and power links to the south-east that will end their isolation from the rest of Europe.