WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have used a procedural move to delay a panel from considering the confirmation of Thomas Perez to head the Labor Department.

A vote in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that was set for Wednesday has been pushed back to May 16.

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