The Senate voted Friday to confirm Stephen Feinberg, a billionaire investor, as the deputy secretary of defense, instilling the top two civilian leaders in the Pentagon as the administration prepares drastic changes to the military.

WASHINGTON - The Senate on Monday confirmed Lori Chavez-DeRemer, a former Republican representative from Oregon with a pro-union record, to lead the Labor Department.

While in Congress, Ms. Chavez-DeRemer was a co-sponsor of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, known as the PRO Act, a sweeping labor bill that sought to strengthen collective bargaining rights.

Bradbury will serve as the second in command of a department that oversees nearly 57,000 employees and billions in funding.

California’s Democratic senators, historically big supporters of organized labor, were split over whether to confirm Lori Chavez-DeRemer as the Trump administration

Lori Chavez-DeRemer was confirmed to lead the Department of Labor after a bipartisan Senate vote on Monday, marking the final Trump administration Cabinet position to be filled. Chavez-DeRemer was confirmed in a 67 to 32 vote,