Senate Fails to Confirm Biden’s Pick to Lead Benefits Agency (2)

The US Senate failed to confirm Lisa Gomez to head the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration, an unexpected turn for the nominee but not the first time one of the president’s picks for key posts at the agency has been derailed.

The Senate voted 49-51 Wednesday on the question of confirming Gomez as assistant secretary of labor for the employee benefits agency. Gomez could be reconsidered before the full Senate at some point in the future, because Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) changed his “yes” vote at the last minute to allow it. A spokesperson for Schumer ...