Senate Set to Restore Equal Employment Agency’s Quorum (1)

The Senate is set to vote next week to give the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission a quorum for the first time in five months and at a critical juncture for the agency.

Lawmakers will vote on corporate lawyer Janet Dhillon’s nomination for an open Republican seat on the EEOC. Dhillon’s confirmation, which is likely to come on a party-line vote, would give the commission the three members necessary for the agency to approve significant policy, litigation, and spending decisions.

The vote comes as the Trump administration is grappling with a court order to revive Obama-era EEOC pay data disclosures for ...