Senate Banking Nominations (Mar. 10)
Senate Banking has the ignominious distinction of being the only Senate committee to have not acted on a single nominee before it in the 114th Congress. There are currently 16 nominations waiting for Committee action. These aren’t small time positions — the logjam includes nominees to the Fed’s Board of Governors and senior Treasury, SEC, FDIC, and Ex-Im posts. For months, Chairman Shelby …