President Biden’s choice to lead the Labor Department cleared the Senate Labor Committee on Wednesday, setting up a floor fight with Republicans that will be decided by vulnerable Democrats.
In a party-line vote, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions backed Julie Su to serve as Secretary of Labor. Two moderate Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, voted against Ms. Su despite being seen as swing votes.Her nomination now heads to the Senate floor. At least four members of the Democratic majority are up in the air on Ms. Su, despite having voted to confirm her as undersecretary of labor in 2021.
The uncertainty comes as business groups and Republicans have mobilized in opposition to the nominee. According to a nonpartisan report by the California Legislature, more than 5 million Californians had their unemployment benefits delayed during the pandemic. An additional 1 million had their unemployment benefits wrongfully denied.
“The vast majority, over 95%, of the fraud in the unemployment system, not just in California but across the nation, was in the pandemic unemployment assistance program, a program passed by Congress,” Ms. Su said. “The unemployment pandemic assistance program did not have the safeguards that regular unemployment insurance does.”
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