Fed pick is likely to be blocked again
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 10th, 2011 5:35 am by HL
Fed pick is likely to be blocked again
A Nobel Prize isn’t enough to change Sen. Richard C. Shelby’s mind about Peter Diamond. The Alabama lawmaker said Tuesday that Diamond is still not qualified to sit on the Federal Reserve Board.
Wis. gov. floats union compromise, but no deal yet
MADISON, Wis. — Two of the 14 Senate Democrats who fled Wisconsin to block a vote on stripping most bargaining rights for public workers say Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed compromise isn’t enough to bring them back to the Capitol, although they’ll keep talking.