Three EEOC Nominees Headed Toward Senate Confirmation Votes (1)

Three nominees for positions on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission are on a path to Senate confirmation votes in coming days, a prospect that could give the workplace civil rights agency its first full complement of five commissioners during the Trump era.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) filed for cloture Thursday on Republican nominees Keith Sonderling and Andrea Lucas and Democratic nominee Jocelyn Samuels. The procedural action, once cloture votes are held, will limit debate on the nominations and clear them for consideration by the full Senate, starting the middle of next week, McConnell spokesman Doug Andres said in ...