Federal Insider: Senate confirms scores of White House nominees

- March 30, 2012

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Jeremiah Norton, nominee to be a member of the board of directors with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), center, listens to Jeremy Stein, nominee to be a member of the board of governors with the U.S. Federal Reserve, right, during a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke stands to gain two lieutenants with expertise on financial markets if the Senate confirms President Barack Obama's nominees to the Board of Governors. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Jeremiah Norton; Jeremy Stein

Senate finally confirms White House nominees

Al Kamen

The Senate on Thursday confirmed scores of Obama administration nominees for top government jobs, clearing a backlog that had been building for months.

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Senator Claire McCaskill, a Democrat from Missouri, displays an Apple Inc. iPad during a Senate Commerce Committee panel hearing on mobile privacy in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, May 19, 2011. U.S. lawmakers, considering legislation aimed at protecting consumers' online privacy, said the market for smartphone applications needs to be regulated to prevent the inappropriate sharing of user data. Photographer: Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Claire MacCaskill

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