Eric Garcetti’s ambassador nomination in limbo with committee vote expected next week | Act Daily News Politics

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The nomination of former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to be the following ambassador to India continues to be in limbo within the US Senate with a vote within the Senate Foreign Relations Committee now anticipated to be held subsequent week.

Sen. Bob Menendez, the chair of the Foreign Relations panel, advised Act Daily News on Tuesday that he expects to reschedule a vote for Garcetti’s nomination subsequent week. The nomination was held over for one week out of a courtesy to Republicans this week.

Act Daily News reported final 12 months that considerations over the nomination have centered round a former worker in Garcetti’s mayoral workplace who has accused him of ignoring alleged sexual harassment and bullying by one among his former senior aides. Garcetti has repeatedly denied the allegations that he ignored the alleged harassment.

The former Los Angeles mayor’s nomination faces an unsure future because it has continued to face headwinds, notably together with from inside the Democratic Party. If Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was to place the nomination on the ground, it’s not a positive factor Garcetti would get the votes to be confirmed.

Asked on Tuesday if Garcetti has the votes on the ground, Schumer stated step one is to see what occurs in committee.

Several Democrats nonetheless have considerations concerning the nomination, in line with a number of sources. Most of these Democrats have tried to privately specific their considerations to the White House and Garcetti, however the White House has stood by him.

His workplace beforehand launched an announcement, saying, “As the Mayor has said repeatedly and under oath, he absolutely did not witness and was not aware of any sexual harassment … and if he were, he would have put a stop to it.”

Garcetti’s nomination handed out of committee within the final Congress, however as a result of it by no means got here to the ground, the Biden administration needed to renominate him and begin the method over within the new Congress.