Labor Secretary Nominee Walsh to Get Committee Vote Feb. 11

President Joe Biden’s nominee for labor secretary, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, is scheduled for the first of two Senate confirmation votes Feb. 11.

• The Senate labor panel is expected to approve Walsh’s nomination with support from at least some Republicans, including Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), the committee’s ranking member
• Walsh will then have to win approval from the 50-50 split Senate to receive final confirmation
• He’s poised to be the first union member in nearly half a century to serve as labor secretary, though he promised at his Feb. 4 confirmation hearing to work with Republicans