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U.S. Senate Confirms Executive, Judicial Nominations
News
December 12, 2013
The U.S. Senate moved forward to confirm the nomination of Rep. Mel Watt as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and confirmed Patricia Millett to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. And following a Republican "talk-a-thon" last night, the Senate also moved forward on the confirmation of Cornelia "Nina" Pillard, also to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals.
December 10, 1948
News
December 12, 2013
In a piece in The Huffington Post, CWA President Larry Cohen reflected on the beginning of International Human Rights Day.
CWA: Senate Confirms Mel Watt to head FHFA
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Today?s confirmation by the U.S. Senate of Rep. Mel Watt as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency is long overdue. Watt will be a strong advocate for individual homeowners and communities and will take on predatory lending and other financial practices that harm consumers.
December 10, 1948
Press Release
Eleanor Roosevelt proclaims international Human Rights Day speaking mostly to the rest of the world, emerging from war, and facing human rights issues on every continent. At that moment, the US leads the world?s democracies by almost every measure. Now 65 years later, the blocks to our democracy are as glaring in the US as anywhere else.
Senate Rules: How We Got It Done
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December 2, 2013
Last summer, 2 million members of Fix the Senate Now organizations mobilized to make sure the Senate confirmed a full, five-member National Labor Relations Board and leaders for top agencies including Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Gina McCarthy to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.