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September 27, 2019

Senate Confirms Corporate Attorney Eugene Scalia as Labor Secretary
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The Senate voted along party lines Thursday to confirm Eugene Scalia to
succeed Alex Acosta as U.S. labor secretary. Scalia is the son of the
late far-right Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, and a partner at
the powerful law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Scalia has a long history
of opposing labor unions on behalf of corporate clients, including
Walmart. Much of Scalia's legal work has been aimed at stopping the
Dodd-Frank financial regulations enacted after the 2008 financial
collapse.


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