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“NOTICE OF A TIE VOTE UNDER S. RES. 27” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Senate section on pages S6524 on Sept. 15.
The Department provides billions in unemployment insurance, which peaked around 2011 though spending had declined before the pandemic. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, claimed the Department funds "ineffective and duplicative services" and overregulates the workplace.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
NOTICE OF A TIE VOTE UNDER S. RES. 27
Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print the following letter in the Congressional Record.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows:
U.S. Senate, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions,
Washington, DC, August 3, 2021.To the Secretary of the Senate:
PN618, the nomination of David Weil, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, having been referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the Committee, with a quorum present, has voted on the nomination as follows--
On the question of reporting the nomination without recommendation, 11 ayes to 11 noes.
In accordance with section 3, paragraph (l)(A) of S. Res. 27 of the 117th Congress, I hereby give notice that the Committee has not reported the nomination because of a tie vote, and ask that this notice be printed in the Record pursuant to the resolution.
Patty Murray,Chair.
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