Trump’s Pick to Head US Pension Insurer Advances in Senate (1)

Former EEOC Chair Janet Dhillon‘s nomination to oversee the federal government’s private-sector pension insurer cleared a US Senate committee vote Thursday, teeing up consideration before the full chamber.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee voted 12-11 along party lines to advance Dhillon’s nomination to serve as director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., an independent, self-funded agency tasked with protecting traditional, defined-benefit pensions sponsored by companies.

If confirmed by the full Senate, Dhillon, who served as Republican chair of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission during President Donald Trump‘s first term, will face pressure from within ...