GOP sets quick vote for Trump labor secretary pick Eugene Scalia

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander announced Tuesday that the panel will vote on President Trump’s pick to head the Labor Department, private sector lawyer Eugene Scalia, on Sept. 24, less than one week after his first nomination hearing.

Scalia, son of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, has been criticized by Democrats and organized labor as too close to big business. The quick pace of the nomination and vote suggest the administration and its GOP allies don’t want to give critics a chance to build up opposition to the nominee.