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Senate Finance Committee endorses Geithner for Treasury Secretary

 

Published 1/22/2009 by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney at CNN Political Ticker

The Senate Finance Committee has confirmed Geithner. WASHINGTON (CNN) – The Senate Finance Committee voted 18-5 Thursday to send the nomination of Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner to the full Senate. Geithner apologized to the committee during his confirmation hearing Wednesday for his past failure to pay more than $34,000 in self-employment taxes between 2001 and 2004.        [...] (link)

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