January 31, 2006
WHAT WERE THEY WAITING FOR?:
Senate Approves Bernanke as Fed Chairman (AP, January 31, 2006)
The Senate on Tuesday approved the nomination of Ben Bernanke to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, the most influential economic policy job in the world.Posted by Orrin Judd at January 31, 2006 8:47 PMBernanke, 52, was cleared on a voice vote after a short debate in the chamber amid strong bipartisan support.
Comments
They were waiting for the filibuster to defeat Alito and delay action on Bernanke and totally humiliate Bush and stop anyone else he would have the nerve to send up until election day in November when Democrats would get back in power and all would be figuratively right, that is, I mean literally left, with the world.
Posted by: erp at February 1, 2006 10:43 AM