Corker unsure whether Bernanke has votes for confirmation
It's unclear whether Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will have enough Senate votes to get a second term, one Republican senator said Tuesday. Sen. Bob Corker (Tenn.), a GOP member of the banking committee holding hearing on Bernanke's nomination to a second term in charge of the Fed, said he wasn't sure yet whether the chairman had the votes on the Banking committee or in the Senate as a whole. "I don't know where that sits," Corker told reporters when asked if Bernanke would have the votes to get a second term, adding he wasn't sure whether Bernanke would have...
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