According to
this HuffPost article by Ryan Grim vote counting on the reconfirmation of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke shows a lot of undecided Senators. Things appear to be tilting in the right direction - and against confirmation - though. For instance, Senator Bernie Sanders
(Populist - VT) has openly opposed Bernanke... while Senator Chuck Schumer
(Political Class - NY) remains undecided.
But what I found most interesting in the article was that even House Populists were telling Senator Chris Dodd
(Political Class - CT) how to run his committee:
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.), who led a successful effort recently to move House legislation to audit the Fed, have asked Dodd to postpone the vote until Bernanke turns over information relevant to assessing his performance.I love it. Maybe Obama will finally have to start moving away from the failed economic policies of the
Bush Administration Obama Administration that provided a $13 billion cash payment to
Goldman Sachs AIG... before that bailout was funneled into $17 billion in bonuses.
Tim White
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