Will the Senate confirm Keith Sonderling as labor secretary before Aug 8?

The Senate did not hold a floor vote to confirm Keith Sonderling as labor secretary before the chamber left for its August recess. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved his nomination in a straight party-line vote, 12-11, on July 30, 2026, after an earlier committee session was postponed over member attendance issues. That sent the nomination to the full Senate, but floor time in the final days before recess was consumed by the contested confirmation of Todd Blanche as attorney general and a stopgap government funding bill, and no vote on Sonderling was scheduled before senators left town on Aug. 8. Sonderling has served as acting labor secretary since April, when Lori Chavez-DeRemer departed the post for a private-sector job; he previously worked at the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division and as a commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. His confirmation vote remained pending when the Senate adjourned. Predict Six's community was unanimous that Sonderling would be confirmed by Aug. 8, but with only two votes cast, that forecast came from a thin sample and proved wrong once floor scheduling bumped his nomination behind other priorities.