SENATE VOTES 67-32

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate voted 67 to 32 to confirm Lori Chavez-DeRemer as President Donald Trump’s Labor secretary.

Trump picked Chavez-DeRemer for the job because her father was a Teamsters member, a sign that Trump is angling to break up the Democrats’ long-standing alliance with organized labor.

Sens. Tedd Budd (N.C.), Rand Paul (Ky.), and former GOP leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) were the only Republicans who spoke out against Chavez-DeRemer’s nomination. Seventeen Democrats backed her and Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) did not vote.