Groundhog Day: Second Proposed Wage and Hour Boss Stuck By Senate HELP. After the Senate voted down a cloture motion to advance the nomination of Dr. David Weil to return as U.S. DOL Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) Administrator back in March 2022, reported by Seyfarth here, and podcasted here, efforts have unexpectedly stalled to advance Jessica Looman as the next presidential pick to run the WHD. On February 15, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (“HELP”) voted in favor of advancing Looman for the WHD administrator, but due to a procedural hiccup regarding voting by proxy, Senator Bob Casey Jr.’s tie-breaking vote could not, in fact, break the 10-to-10 tie to advance Looman. This yet again leaves WHD without a politically-appointed leader for the foreseeable future. This appears to be merely a procedural hiccup, and we imagine Looman’s nomination will see a vote by the full Senate soon. At the same time, though, it may portend a broader legislative problem as moderate Republicans Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, who voted to advance Looman’s nomination last fall, changed gears this time around. Seyfarth counsel Scott Hecker and Scott Mallery discuss this issue in a recent podcast that can be found here.
Sole Republican FTC Commissioner Resigns, Quite Publicly. Christine Wilson, the sole Republican commissioner currently (now, formerly) serving on the Federal Trade Commission has officially resigned. Seyfarth blogged about the resignation here....
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