Washington – The Democrats joined Republicans on Monday to vote to confirm the former representative of GOP Lori Chavez-Deremer as Secretary of the Labor, one of the final members of President Trump’s office to win the approval of the Higher House.
Its candidacy approved the Senate in a vote of 67 to 32, with more than a dozen Democrats supporting its confirmation. Sens. Rand Paul de Kentucky, Mitch McConnell and Ted Budd were the only Republicans to oppose her. Chávez-Deremer fulfilled a two-year term in Congress, becoming the first Republican woman chosen in Congress in Oregon. Trump named her Labor Secretary after losing her candidacy in November.
With a support history of pro-Laborral policies, Chavez-Denderremer’s confirmation path seemed threatened. Paul openly opposed his candidacy and predicted in January that he would lose more than a dozen republican votes. But his confirmation was approved with the support on both sides of the hallway Monday.
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Chávez-Deremer was one of the only three Republicans to support the protection of the right to organize the law, or the law, a bill that would have facilitated unionization that was introduced in the last congress. During his confirmation audience last month, Chavez-Demermer addressed his previous support for the bill, saying that he was “imperfect”, while supporting the laws of right to work that allow the workers to choose whether or not to join a union.
Although Paul’s opposition threatened with Chavez-Dender’s Committee’s Fanka Tank out of the Committee last month, three Committee Democrats finally voted to advance his candidacy. And, although the Democrats have not been eager to support some of Mr. Trump’s candidates in the midst of intense criticism of the administration’s work so far, they did not make a serious opposition to the confirmation of Chavez-Deremer.
The confirmation voting on Monday occurs after the Chavez-Deremer’s candidacy erased a procedural obstacle in a 66-30 vote last week, with 15 Democrats voting with all current Republicans, except for Paul to advance his candidacy.
Although some of his previous opinions may have conflicted with the administration, Chávez-Deremer committed during his confirmation hearing to implement Mr. Trump’s political vision.
“My principle of guide will be the principle of guide of President Trump: to guarantee a pitch for companies, unions and, most importantly, the North -American worker,” he said.