On Thursday, May 16, President Obama's nominee to be Secretary of Labor, Thomas Perez, won approval from a divided senate panel. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted, 12-10, with all Democratic members of the committee voting in favor and all Republican members voting against.
The nomination now moves to the Senate floor, where Mr. Perez must win final confirmation before assuming the Secretary of Labor post.
(Information for this post was taken in part from various news reports available on the web at sites including Politico and the Washington Post.)
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