Video: Mike Stark gets confirmation from Sen. Bunning that he will place a legislative hold on the Senate vote to confirm Bernanke -- December 3, 2009
From The Hill
Sen. Jim Bunning has placed an additional hold on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's nomination to a second term.
Bunning's office confirmed that the Kentucky Republican is joining with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who caucuses with Democrats, to seek to block Bernanke's confirmation to a second term atop the Federal Reserve Board.
Bunning blasted Bernanke, whose nomination he did not support when President George W. Bush nominated him, during the Banking hearing.
“I will do everything I can to stop your nomination, and drag out this process as long as I can," Bunning said.
Sanders announced he'd place a hold, an informal parliamentary move in which a senator seeks to prevent bringing a nomination to the floor for a vote, on Bernanke on Wednesday evening.
"Notre Dame just fired a coach with a 6-6 record," Sanders told reporters Thursday. "Well, Ben Bernanke had much worse than a 6-6 record."
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Video: Mike Stark gets confirmation from Sen. Bunning that he will place a legislative hold on the Senate vote to confirm Bernanke -- December 3, 2009