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Archive Home > 2010 > January > 29 > Criticisms don’t stop Bernanke, who gets 2nd term

Criticisms don’t stop Bernanke, who gets 2nd term

By Sewell Chan / The Bulletin
January 29, 2010

WASHINGTON — The Senate gave Ben Bernanke a second four-year term as the head of the Federal Reserve on Thursday after critics excoriated the bank’s conduct in the years leading up to the financial crisis.

The 70-30 vote was the weakest endorsement ever extended to a chairman in the central....

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