A Senate committee is set to vote Thursday on whether to advance President Donald Trump’s choice of former Long Island GOP congressman Anthony D’Esposito to be the Department of Labor’s internal watchdog.

If D’Esposito is approved or reported favorably by the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, his nomination to be the department’s inspector general would go to the Senate floor for final confirmation, a committee spokesman said.

D’Esposito, 43, a Trump ally, could not be reached Tuesday. Some Republicans have said that — quite the opposite of placing him on the electoral sidelines — gaining the Labor Department post could put D’Esposito in a better position for a bid to win back his former congressional seat next year.

The one-term congressman was defeated in Novem

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