Scalia Nears Labor Secretary Confirmation after Panel Vote (1)

A Senate committee Sept. 24 approved Eugene Scalia’s nomination for labor secretary, setting the longtime management attorney up for a final confirmation vote later this week, according to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted 12-11 along party lines in favor of the Gibson Dunn partner and son of former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. McConnell said in statements the morning of the vote that the full Senate will confirm Scalia this week.

Scalia, a former DOL official in the George W. Bush administration, appears to have the necessary support for confirmation. Although ...