Sanders: I Won’t Vote To Confirm Bernanke As Fed Chair

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
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On ABC’s This Week, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said he will not vote to confirm Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to another five-year term.

No, I absolutely will not vote for Mr. Bernanke. He is part of the problem. If he is the smartest guy in the world, why didn’t he do anything to prevent us from sinking into this disaster that Wall Street caused and that he was a part of? No, I will not for Bernanke to stay on as chairman.

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