By Jesse Russell

Reorganization of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was approved on Friday regardless of opposition from lawmakers and a commissioner. According to the website Government Executive the new plan will save the EEOC $4.8 million over eight years by downsizing eight district offices. In addition, some higher salaried executives will be replaced with lower-paid workers. EEOC Commissioner Stuart Ishimaru voted against the change. In the past he was said that the reorganization fails to address the lack of substantial race discrimination cases being brought by the agency. Thirty Senate Democrats sent a letter asking the EEOC to holdout for further examination into implications out of concern that the restructuring could "undermine the commission's work."