Bernanke clears hurdle for second term
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 18th, 2009 5:36 am by HL
Bernanke clears hurdle for second term
Ben S. Bernanke cleared a key hurdle Thursday to being confirmed for a second term as Federal Reserve chairman, but the discussion and vote by a Senate committee suggested that confirmation is not a foregone conclusion.
McCaskill calls for increased oversight of contract work in Afghanistan
The chairman of a Senate investigative subcommittee called Thursday for stepped-up government oversight of contract work in Afghanistan, saying Pentagon auditors have already challenged nearly $1 billion in charges by military contractors.
GOP senators to block defense bill in bid to delay health-care vote
Senate Republicans said Thursday that they would try to filibuster a massive Pentagon bill that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an unusual move that several acknowledged was an effort to delay President Obama’s health-care legislation.