The Briefing Room
General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: TomSea on September 27, 2019, 12:29:28 am
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Yes, the son of Justice Scalia!
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Eugene Scalia attends his confirmation hearing to become the next Labor Secretary in front of the the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in Washington on Sept. 19, 2019. (Astrid Riecken/Getty Images)
Senate Confirms Eugene Scalia as Secretary of Labor
By Zachary Stieber
The Senate on Sept. 26 confirmed Eugene Scalia as the secretary of Labor, replacing Alex Acosta.
Acosta resigned in July amid criticism of his role earlier in his career handling a probe into Jeffrey Epstein.
The Senate voted 53-44 to confirm Scalia, 56, the son of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Read more at: https://www.theepochtimes.com/senate-confirms-eugene-scalia-as-secretary-of-labor_3097867.html (https://www.theepochtimes.com/senate-confirms-eugene-scalia-as-secretary-of-labor_3097867.html)
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I assume that 53-44 vote was party-line, plus or minus a stray cross-over. Has Scalia done anything to earn Dems' ire besides being nominated by Trump and being the son of Antonin Scalia.