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ProSense

(116,464 posts) Wed Feb 27, 2013, 07:37 PM Feb 2013

Senate Confirms Jack Lew As Treasury Secretary

Senate Confirms Jack Lew As Treasury Secretary

The Senate confirmed Jack Lew as the nation's new treasury secretary on Wednesday by a margin of 71-26.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/senate-confirms-jack-lew-as-treasury-secretary

Roll call: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=1&vote=00025

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Senate Confirms Jack Lew As Treasury Secretary (Original Post) ProSense Feb 2013 OP

That's a lot of nays from Repukes over a fairly non-controversial nominee joeybee12 Feb 2013 #1

Bernie Sanders dotymed Feb 2013 #2

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)

1. That's a lot of nays from Repukes over a fairly non-controversial nominee

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Wed Feb 27, 2013, 07:41 PM

Feb 2013

You'd think they'd try to engender some good will by voting for him, but they're scum, so you have to take that into account.

dotymed

(5,610 posts)

2. Bernie Sanders

Reply to ProSense (Original post)

Wed Feb 27, 2013, 09:04 PM

Feb 2013

had some honest comments about why Lew should not be Sec. Of Treasury.

Look around us. We need real leaders, not more greedy sycophants......

Sanders for President.

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