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| Senate confirms Geithner as Treasury chief |
| 2009-01-27 |
| The US Senate has confirmed Timothy Geithner as Treasury Secretary in Obama's administration despite misgivings over his past income tax issues. The Senate approved his nomination on a 60-34 vote on Monday. Geithner was expected to be sworn in quickly to help lead President Barack Obama's efforts to stabilize a worsening economy. The new Treasury chief is expected to soon unveil reforms to the United States' $700 billion financial bailout program to provide more support for housing and credit markets, and possibly a new effort to absorb troubled assets from banks. "I would rather have a battle hardened veteran at the helm who knows the shoals and whirlpools than a neophyte who has to wade into these churning waters for the first time," Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah said during debate on the nomination against Geithner. Some lawmakers were also disturbed enough by the tax lapse to vote against Geithner even though they thought him well suited for the job otherwise. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #18 Yes it is Cornyn, thanks. Correct US Senate DATA. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-01-27 13:08 |
| #17 Corker (R), Yes, Texas Don't you mean Cornyn? Where did this info come from? |
| Posted by: Spusosh the Prolific6862 2009-01-27 12:47 |
| #16 He'll get along just fine with Charley Rangel. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2009-01-27 12:14 |
| #15 Who said this... “Had [Geithner] not been nominated for Treasury secretary, it’s doubtful that he would have ever paid these taxes.” The Exalted Cyclops himself. If senile, old Bobby Byrd even realizes it, then what's wrong with the rest of them? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-27 12:08 |
| #14 If Snarlin' Arlen Specter could figure this one out, nobody has an excuse. I'm especially shocked by Hatch (Utah) and Shelby. Some people shopuld be more concerned about their primaries. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-01-27 11:58 |
| #13 Scum is rising to the top of the cesspool of government. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-01-27 11:47 |
| #12 Kansas Senators vote no. Thank you Brownback and Roberts. |
| Posted by: bman 2009-01-27 11:23 |
| #11 Back-stabbing and double-dealing in the Senate is nothing new . Bob Woodward implied there's a lot more 'issues' of this type pending with the new adminstration. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-01-27 09:56 |
| #10 Thanks for the corrections. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-01-27 09:42 |
| #9 Voinovich is Ohio, not Oklahoma. Oklahoma's senators are Coburn and Inhofe |
| Posted by: badanov 2009-01-27 09:39 |
| #8 Lieberman is (I) Connecticut. Not Delaware. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-01-27 09:34 |
| #7 Will "honest mistake" be the motto of this administration? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-27 09:29 |
| #6 The names and votes listed below clearly highlight the problem with the Republican party: Bond (R), Not Voting, Montana Crapo (R), Yes, Illinois Corker (R), Yes, Texas Ensign (R), Yes, New Hampshire Graham (R), Yes, South Carolina Gregg (R), Yes, New Jersey Hatch (R), Yes, Vermont Shelby (R), Yes, Alabama Snowe (R), Yes, Maryland Voinovich (R), Yes, Oklahoma Lieberman (I), Yes, Delaware (Graham and Lieberman both voted opposite their "big pal" Senator John McCain) |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-01-27 08:56 |
| #5 I think the Senate Republicans that voted to confirm were worried that if he was rejected Obama might appoint a much worse candidate. |
| Posted by: mhw 2009-01-27 08:29 |
| #4 He has 'people'. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-01-27 08:19 |
| #3 He can't run Turbotax, but he can run the U.S. Treasury. |
| Posted by: Fred 2009-01-27 08:06 |
| #2 Yup. Nine Repubs voted 'yea'. They had a couple Dems vote no, so if enough Repubs had held they could have filibustered. Geithner is a snob and shouldn't have the job. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-01-27 08:01 |
| #1 Thats one useless senate. |
| Posted by: newc 2009-01-27 04:45 |