Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (pictured) is wasting no time
in moving President-elect Barack Obama's financial services nominees
ahead for confirmation. On Wednesday Dodd scheduled a hearing for Jan.
15 to review key economic policy nominees including Mary Schapiro, who
is expected to head the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Among other things lawmakers are expected to question Schapiro about
is whether she plans to press for the combination of the SEC and the
Commodities Futures Trading Commission.
Also scheduled to testify before the committee is Daniel Tarullo, who
is designated to join the board of governors of the Federal Reserve
System, Christina Romer, who is designated to chair the Obama
administration's Council of Economic Advisors, and two other members of
the economic advisory committee. - Donna Block
