Senate Banking Committee voted along party lines to advance Mark Calabria’s nomination to serve as the next director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), and also approved the advancement of nominees for the National Credit Union Administration Board and the Treasury Department.
The fact that Calabria’s committee vote was identical to the margin that advanced Kathy Kraninger’s nomination to become director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau does not reflect the difference between their confirmation hearings.
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