Senate confirms USTR, USAID and NHTSA officials
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 25th, 2009 5:35 am by HL
Senate confirms USTR, USAID and NHTSA officials
The U.S. Senate confirmed Miriam Sapiro as deputy trade representative Thursday in one of its final acts before adjourning for the year. Senators also approved administrators for the U.S. Agency for International Development and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Gates proposes $2 billion in funds to aid unstable countries
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has proposed a major overhaul of the way the Pentagon and State Department do nation-building, seeking to end friction between the bureaucracies by putting them jointly in charge of three huge new funds aimed at stabilizing strife-ridden countries.
During health-care vote, Ted Kennedy is gone — but not forgotten
The president pro tempore of the Senate, 92-year-old Robert Byrd, shot his finger into the air to signal his “aye” vote.
U.S. promises unlimited financial assistance to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
The Obama administration pledged Thursday to provide unlimited financial assistance to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, an eleventh-hour move that allows the government to exceed the current $400 billion cap on emergency aid without seeking permission from a bailout-weary Congress.
Senate votes to raise federal debt limit by $290 billion
The Senate voted primarily along party lines Thursday to increase how much the government can be in debt.