During the waning days of the 113th Congress, the Senate voted to confirm the nominations of Charlotte Burrows as a Commissioner, and David Lopez as General Counsel, of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The December 3, 2014 votes come a week after Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) issued a report criticizing the agency’s recent activities: EEOC: An Agency on the Wrong Track? Litigation Failures, Misfocused Priorities and Lack of Transparency Raise Concerns about Important Anti-Discrimination Agency.