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Senate confirmation of Trump nominee cements his shake-up of top civil rights agency

The Senate confirmed Brittany Panuccio as a commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , establishing a Republican majority at the agency and restoring its ability to make major policy and enforcement decisions.
Under Panuccio's leadership, the EEOC is expected to revise its guidance on workplace harassment, potentially weakening protections for LGBTQ workers.
Panuccio refused to rule out the possibility that the EEOC would obey a hypothetical order from President Trump to stop investigating sex-based discrimination charges on behalf of women.

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Senate Confirms 107 Trump Nominees

Senate Republicans confirmed more than 100 people nominated by President Donald Trump to fill vacant government positions on Oct. 7. Passing along party lines with a vote of 51-47, the confirmed appointees include more than two dozen ambassadorships, as well as more than a dozen U.S. Attorneys, and several assistant secretaries for various departments such as the Treasury, the Interior, Energy, and Defense. The appointments also included the rea…

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Senate confirmation of Trump nominee cements his shake-up of top civil rights agency

The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to fill a critical vacancy at the top agency for worker rights, restoring it to the full power needed to deepen his overhaul of civil rights enforcement.

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