{"id":1980635,"date":"2023-07-23T07:48:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T11:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lacks-the-votes-has-the-job-biden-keeping-julie-su-as-acting-labor-secretary-indefinitely\/"},"modified":"2023-07-23T07:49:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T11:49:04","slug":"lacks-the-votes-has-the-job-biden-keeping-julie-su-as-acting-labor-secretary-indefinitely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lacks-the-votes-has-the-job-biden-keeping-julie-su-as-acting-labor-secretary-indefinitely\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden retains Julie Su as acting labor secretary indefinitely, despite lacking votes."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Flacks-the-votes-has-the-job-biden-keeping-julie-su-as-acting-labor-secretary-indefinitely%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=1980635&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--><h2>President Joe Biden Plans to\u2062 Keep Julie Su as Acting Secretary of Labor Indefinitely<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe\u2064 Biden has made the decision to keep Julie \u200cSu in her role as acting secretary of the Department of Labor indefinitely, despite facing obstacles in her path to final confirmation in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Su has been serving as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secretive-su-biden-admin-wont-release-records-of-transparent-labor-secretary-nominee-julie-su\/\" title=\"Secretive Su: Biden Admin Won\u2019t Release Records of \u2018Transparent\u2019 Labor Secretary Nominee Julie Su\">acting labor secretary<\/a> since former Secretary Marty Walsh left the administration in early 2023. During her time as \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-taps-ca-labor-official-for-role-amidst-states-multi-billion-dollar-unemployment-fraud-scandal\/\" title=\"Biden Taps CA Labor Official For Role Amidst State\u2019s Multi-Billion Dollar Unemployment Fraud Scandal\">deputy labor secretary<\/a> under Walsh, Su\u200b played a crucial role in assisting the Biden administration with labor and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lacks-the-votes-has-the-job-biden-keeping-julie-su-as-acting-labor-secretary-indefinitely\/\" title=\"Biden retains Julie Su as acting labor secretary indefinitely, despite lacking votes.\">supply chain disputes<\/a> in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic recovery.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Upon \u200cSecretary Walsh\u2019s departure, Acting Secretary Su automatically became Acting Secretary under its organic\u2064 statute, not under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act,\u201d a White House official said in a statement. &#8220;As\u2064 a result,\u200d Su is not subject to the \u2064time limits of the Federal Vacancies\u2062 Reform Act and she can serve as Acting Secretary indefinitely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Unlike other federal\u2062 agencies, the Department of Labor is not bound by the Federal Vacancies Reform Act,\u2064 which requires nominees to be confirmed by the Senate within a specific timeframe. A 1946 law \u2064was amended in 1986\u2063 to allow the deputy labor secretary, a position to which Su was confirmed in 2021, to perform the duties of secretary indefinitely \u200buntil a new nomination is announced by the president.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, along with top White House officials, the majority of congressional Democrats, and several prominent \u200dunion voices, have consistently\u2062 advocated for Su&#8217;s \u2063confirmation \u2064since her nomination was announced five \u2062months ago.<\/p>\n<p>However, with Democrats holding only \u206251\u200b Senate \u200dseats, Su currently lacks the necessary\u2064 support for confirmation.\u200c Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV)\u200b has expressed \u2062concerns about Su&#8217;s &#8220;progressive background&#8221; and has indicated that he would vote\u2064 against her confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>White House press \u2064secretary Karine Jean-Pierre defended Su&#8217;s qualifications during a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-extends-southern-california-stay-at-home-order-for-at-least-another-three-weeks\/\" title=\"Newsom Extends Southern California Stay-at-Home Order For at Least Another Three Weeks\">press briefing<\/a>, stating, &#8220;He nominated her because he believed that she was eminently qualified \u200bto do\u2062 the\u200d job. And\u2063 she has\u200d done\u200b it in a brilliant way&#8230; She has been able to \u2064do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Manchin&#8217;s concerns align with those of many Republicans regarding \u200dSu&#8217;s tenure as secretary of California&#8217;s Labor and \u2062Workforce Development\u200d Agency, other senators, such as Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Angus King (I-ME), and Jon Tester (D-MT), have not\u200c publicly declared their support or opposition to\u200b Su.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI)\u200c expressed\u200b optimism about Su&#8217;s\u2063 confirmation, stating, &#8220;I&#8217;m hoping that some\u2063 people will \u200bjust\u2062 wake up to their\u2062 responsibilities and do the \u200bright thing&#8230; She deserves all of \u2062our\u200c support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tester, on the other hand, opposes the idea of\u200b Su serving indefinitely as acting secretary,\u2064 stating, &#8220;I just don\u2019t think they can do the job they need to do in an acting position. That\u2019s my own opinion, could be wrong. But I just think there\u2019s much more certainty if\u2064 you\u2019ve been confirmed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Former\u2062 President Donald Trump\u200b employed\u200b a similar strategy to Biden&#8217;s plan for Su, bypassing Senate confirmation protocols for multiple agencies in the \u2062latter part of his term.\u200b However, legal challenges were\u2062 raised regarding the legality of these appointments.<\/p>\n<p>The Government Accountability Office also released a report in September 2020 alleging \u200bthat 15 \u200cTrump administration officials at 12 different agencies were serving in violation \u2062of the \u2063Federal Vacancies Reform Act.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenges, President Biden remains committed to keeping Julie Su in her role as\u2064 acting secretary of labor,\u200b believing that she is qualified to lead the Department of Labor.<\/p>\n<p>David \u2062Sivak contributed to\u2063 this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden intends to retain Julie Su as the head of the Department of Labor, despite obstacles to her confirmation in the Senate. Su has been acting labor secretary since early 2023, following the departure of former Secretary Marty Walsh. 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