Senate Confirms Andrea Lucas to Second Term on EEOC

On July 21, the U.S. Senate confirmed Andrea Lucas to a second term on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, extending her tenure through 2030. The Senate approved the nomination by a partisan vote of 52 to 45.

EEOC’s only confirmed Commissioners are Lucas, a Republican serving as the EEOC’s Acting Chair, and Democrat Kalpana Kotagal. With three seats vacant, the agency lacks a quorum, preventing action on major policy changes.

That could change soon, though, because Brittany Panuccio’s nomination for a term ending in 2029 has cleared the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and awaits a full Senate vote.

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