Bernanke must wait for confirmation vote

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Ben Bernanke’s nomination to a second term at the helm of the Federal Reserve will officially have to wait.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., took to the Senate floor this afternoon to announce he is officially putting a hold on Bernanke’s nomination in part because of his decision to bail out Wall Street more than a year ago with billions in taxpayer dollars.

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