Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Tuesday withdrew an action to expedite final consideration of Lisa Gomez to head the U.S. Department of Labor’s employee benefits agency, delaying an anticipated vote to limit floor debate.
If Gomez, a partner at Cohen, Weiss & Simon LLP in New York, had cleared that hurdle, she would have been eligible for a final confirmation vote to serve as assistant secretary of labor for the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration. That process is now stalled.
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