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• Senate Dems aren't sure they have the votes to reconfirm Ben Bernanke.
• The country's most prominent deadbeat dad comes clean.
• A federal task force calls for holding 50 Guantánamo prisoners indefinitely.
• The lights go out at Air America.
2 bloggers weighed in on a similar topic
Last Month,
Brian Doherty from Hit and Run says
(in Bernanke's Back)
As is too often the case in politics, the interesting speculations about his possible downfall come a cropper, and we will be able to blame/credit Ben Bernanke for the recovery/continuing disaster down the line as he's reconfirmed by the Senate as grand high poobah god king of the centra...
3 Months Ago,
Jesse Walker from Hit and Run says
(in Reason Morning Links: Bernanke Struggles, Reporters Die, Cheques Disappear)
• Ben Bernanke's bid for another term atop the Fed survives the Senate banking committee.
• The SEIU and the AFL-CIO dial back their support for the Senate health care bill. Well, sort of.
• 2009 sets the record for the number of journalists killed around the world. I blame Craigslist.
Last month, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) was the sole Democrat on the Banking Committee to vote against reconfirming Ben Bernanke as Chairman of the Federal Reserve. The good news is that more Democrats have come out to oppose Bernanke. The bad news is that more Democrats have come out in sup...
Mon, Jan 25 | from The Left Coaster