Former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti will be the Biden administration’s first ambassador to India, filling a nearly two-year vacancy after the Senate voted to confirm him to the role on March 15. In the end, it was Senate Republicans who carried Garcetti across the finish line, confirming him in a 52-42 vote despite his…

The U.S. Senate on March 9 voted to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominee for commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Daniel “Danny” Werfel, confirmed in a 54-42 vote, managed to garner the support of several Senate Republicans and nearly all the chamber’s Democrats, save Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.). “Mr. Werfel told the Finance Committee…

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has recommended Sara Nelson and Robert Reich as candidates for U.S. Secretary of Labor. The veteran lawmaker made the endorsements in a Feb. 10 letter to President Joe Biden. Sanders also praised current secretary Martin “Marty” Walsh, who is expected to resign from the post to become executive director of the…