Senate Rejects Biden DOL Training Arm Pick After Long Wait (2)

The Senate failed to advance Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Labor’s largest subagency, dealing a major blow to the Biden administration and José Javier Rodríguez, whose nomination has stalled since July 2021.

The chamber voted 44-51 in a procedural cloture vote to advance his nomination to a final confirmation vote. Rodríguez was picked by President Joe Biden to head the Employment and Training Administration, which controls roughly three quarters of the DOL’s total appropriations. A deadlock in the committee in 2021 meant Biden had to renominate the former Florida state senator in 2023.

Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) ...