{"id":1979645,"date":"2023-07-21T15:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T19:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-keep-left-wing-labor-secretary-in-role-without-senate-approval\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T15:29:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T19:29:48","slug":"biden-to-keep-left-wing-labor-secretary-in-role-without-senate-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-keep-left-wing-labor-secretary-in-role-without-senate-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden retains left-leaning Labor Secretary sans Senate nod."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-to-keep-left-wing-labor-secretary-in-role-without-senate-approval%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1979645&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>The White House Gives Up on Seeking Senate Approval for Progressive Julie Su as Labor Secretary<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>The White House is giving up on seeking the Senate&#8217;s approval for progressive Julie Su for the role of labor secretary, opting instead to keep her as &#8220;acting&#8221; secretary indefinitely.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The administration tried to get confirmation for the past nearly five months,\u200d but opposition \u200dfrom Sens. Joe\u200d Manchin (D., W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (I., Ariz.) rendered the effort\u2062 fruitless.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin pointed to her &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-labor-secretary-nominee-julie-su-loses-support-of-key-dem\/\" title=\"Key Democratic supporters withdraw support for Julie Su, Biden's nominee for Labor Secretary.\">progressive background<\/a>&#8221; as disqualifying\u200d for the role.<\/p>\n<p>A\u200d labor\u2062 secretary &#8220;should have the experience to collaboratively\u2063 lead both labor and industry to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-to-oppose-biden-labor-pick-julie-su-in-major-blow-to-confirmation-chances\/\" title=\"Manchin deals major blow to Su's confirmation as Biden's Labor pick.\">forge compromises acceptable<\/a> to both parties,&#8221; Manchin said in a statement this month. &#8220;Su&#8217;s more progressive background prevents her from doing this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The White House will sidestep \u2062Senate \u2063approval and keep her in the role, which the Labor Department \u200dallows \u2062in a policy that says a deputy can indefinitely serve as acting secretary.<\/p>\n<p>Republican senator Bill Cassidy (La.) called out the White House for the move.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-content-child-index=\"0-5\">&#8220;If your\u2064 administration believes Ms. Su \u200ccannot receive the necessary votes for confirmation, then you \u2062should rescind her nomination,&#8221; Cassidy wrote in a Thursday letter. &#8220;Any attempts to bypass the will of Congress, especially\u200b its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-keep-left-wing-labor-secretary-in-role-without-senate-approval\/\" title=\"Biden retains left-leaning Labor Secretary sans Senate nod.\">constitutionally mandated advice<\/a> \u2062and \u200bconsent role, is \u200cunacceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"aside-0\" data-aside-index=\"0\">\n<p>The White House had refused to\u2064 release records related to Su, all but assuring the nomination \u2064process would reach a dead end.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Su oversaw California\u2019s \u2063Employment Development Department before joining\u2063 the \u2064Biden administration, and \u200cher \u200brecord raised concerns in Congress. She froze checks on \u200cunemployment claims\u200c and failed to stop payment to suspicious accounts, resulting\u2063 in an estimated $31 billion in fraudulent payments. The state&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-driver-shortages-ride-share-companies-hike-prices-by-40\/\" title=\"Amid Driver Shortages, Ride Share Companies Hike Prices By 40%\">unemployment insurance fund<\/a> is now in a nearly $20 billion deficit.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When former president Donald Trump had &#8220;acting&#8221; secretaries, Democrats and the media slammed the strategy as subverting \u2062democracy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s striking how \u2062many of the secretaries of the largest departments of this government are acting at this point,&#8221; Sen. Chris Coons (D., Del.) said during the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House has abandoned its pursuit of Senate approval for Julie Su as labor secretary. Instead, she will remain as &#8220;acting&#8221; secretary indefinitely. 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