The U.S. Senate has confirmed Jocelyn Samuels, an LGBT law expert and former civil rights lawyer at the U.S. Department of Justice, to a Democratic seat on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
With the 54-42 Senate vote on Wednesday evening, the EEOC will now have a full complement of five members for the first time during the Trump administration. Republicans have a 3-2 majority.
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