The confirmation of a second Republican EEOC commissioner will allow the agency to more aggressively push forward Trump-era priorities, including challenges to diversity programs and reducing LGBTQ+ protections.
The return to a three-member quorum means the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission can vote on major policy changes and litigation for the first time since President Donald Trump fired two Democratic commissioners in January.
Republican Acting Chair Andrea Lucas moved to unwind Biden-era policies at the five-member EEOC even without a quorum, but the Tuesday confirmation of Brittany Panuccio will ramp up the effort to reshape the agency, once the government reopens. ...