Massive Development As The U.S.-Senate Voted 68-30 on Key Measure

safeguards. The CPSC commissioners, appointed by former President Joe Biden, were dismissed earlier this year. Trump offered no justification for their removal, even though federal law grants independent agency officials “for-cause” removal protections.

Under federal law, CPSC commissioners can only be removed by the president for “neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.” Similar protections apply to a few other federal agencies and are ostensibly designed to shield them from direct political influence by the White House.

The commissioners, represented by the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, had urged the justices to avoid