On March 7, 2024, the U.S. Senate confirmed Doug Dziak as a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), filling the final Commissioner seat that has remained vacant since Commissioner Dana Baiocco’s resignation on October 5, 2022. Even with this confirmation of Commissioner Dziak—a Republican—the Democratic Commissioners retain a 3-2 majority on the CPSC. President Biden was obligated to fill the seat with a Republican, as no more than three Commissioners may belong to the same party, and Democrats already held a 3-1 majority when he nominated Dziak in March 2023.
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