The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is one step closer to a long-awaited quorum after President Donald Trump nominated Brittany Bull Panuccio, an assistant US attorney in Florida, to serve on the civil rights panel.
An EEOC employee confirmed the nomination of the Republican attorney to the open commission seat Wednesday.
Panuccio’s approval by the US Senate would bring the EEOC up to the three members needed to hold votes, allowing it to fully carry out a new Trump-era agenda.
Republican Acting Chair Andrea Lucas and Democrat Kalpana Kotagal are currently the only members of the commission.
The White House ...