{"id":575587,"date":"2023-05-22T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bidens-labor-pick-in-limbo-as-confirmation-comes-down-to-the-wire\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T10:00:00","slug":"bidens-labor-pick-in-limbo-as-confirmation-comes-down-to-the-wire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bidens-labor-pick-in-limbo-as-confirmation-comes-down-to-the-wire\/","title":{"rendered":"#Biden\u2019s Labor pick in limbo as confirmation comes down to the wire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/sujulie_042023ag05_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Julie Su\u2019s nomination to become Labor secretary is coming down to the wire as Democrats drag their feet on bringing her up for a final vote and admit her confirmation fight will be a close call.<\/p>\n<p>Su, the acting Labor chief who served as former Labor Secretary Marty Walsh\u2019s No. 2 at the department, is not expected to receive any GOP support. And she has yet to publicly win over any of the other key senators \u2014 Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) \u2014 who will determine her fate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be close,\u201d Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, told The Hill, though he added he remains optimistic she will get across the finish line.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) was expected to bring Su\u2019s nomination to the floor last week, after the return of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), whose presence allows him to lose one vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But he has yet to file cloture on her nomination, and Manchin, Sinema and Tester have remained mum on whether they will side with her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite some optimism, top Democrats did not sound confident she will win enough support. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the HELP Committee, notably demurred when asked whether he was optimistic about her chances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to project,\u201d Sanders told The Hill. \u201cI hope she wins. She deserves to be secretary, and I hope she becomes secretary.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Manchin is still considering her nomination, a spokesperson said.\u00a0Sinema has a long-standing policy of not previewing her votes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Tester told The Hill on Friday he is \u201cstill thinking\u201d and doesn\u2019t have \u201cmany more steps to go through\u201d to make a decision.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1659321391261384704\">declined to tell reporters<\/a>\u00a0whether he will schedule a vote on Su once the Senate returns from its Memorial Day recess.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>President Biden nominated Su in February to replace Walsh, who was the first Cabinet secretary in the line of succession to leave his post since the start of the Biden administration. Su was confirmed as deputy Labor secretary in July 2021 with no GOP votes.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>In their opposition, Republicans have pointed to her stance on independent contractors and the gig economy and her handling of California\u2019s unemployment insurance program when the state paid out billions in fraudulent claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cI know there\u2019s a ton of pressure being <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lied to a handful of Democrat senators by the White House and their allies. But she has really got issues,\u201d said Sen. John Thune (S.D.), the No. 2 Senate Republican, rolling through the laundry list of GOP concerns, including a recent report saying Su instructed her staff to \u201cobstruct\u201d Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from entering state labor offices in California when they were searching for illegal immigrants.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s got a lot of stuff,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Su\u2019s nomination was particularly notable for the White House because she would be the first Asian American member of Biden\u2019s Cabinet. Every other administration in the past 20 years has had an Asian American Cabinet secretary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At this point, the White House still thinks Su can get enough votes to be confirmed and is working through a full-court press to get there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chief of staff Jeff Zients spent the past two weeks calling key senators on her nomination and coordinating with union leaders to channel support, according to a White House official. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm called moderate Democrats this week to make the case for Su, and Walsh also called senators, the official said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em>We remain optimistic about her confirmation as we work hard for every vote,\u201d a White House official told The Hill.<\/p>\n<p>But withdrawn nominations for the president are piling up. On Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> broke that Biden is expected to withdraw his nomination of Michael Delaney to serve on the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, two other prominent nominees \u2014 Phillip Washington, Biden\u2019s pick to lead the Federal Aviation Administration, and Gigi Sohn, Biden\u2019s pick to serve as the top telecommunications regulator for the Federal Communications Commission \u2014 pulled their names from consideration.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Su received support from several labor unions quickly after Biden announced her nomination. They are sticking with her and are optimistic she can be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re still confident,\u201d a Service Employees International Union spokesperson told The Hill.<\/p>\n<p>The National Education Association, which held a fly-in recently for educators to meet with Senate offices and encourage them to vote for Su, is also still standing by her.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cEducators know Julie Su is a highly qualified nominee for Labor Secretary, having seen her in action as she partnered with Secretary Marty Walsh to deliver strong results for the American economy, including record job growth, bring small business and labor together to strengthen the middle class, and create Registered Apprenticeship programs to help address educator shortages in rural and urban communities alike,\u201d a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Kaine told The Hill one of the key voices in Su\u2019s nomination remains Walsh, who earned bipartisan support and is highly thought of by some moderates. Manchin said he voted for Su as deputy secretary in 2021 in part because Walsh was in place atop the department.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Though they\u2019re worried, Democrats are hoping Su ultimately breaks through and nabs support from at least two of the moderates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to even get into Plan B,\u201d Kaine said. \u201cThat would be a bad thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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