WASHINGTON (CNNMoney.com) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was confirmed for a second term Thursday by the U.S. Senate.

The final confirmation vote was 70-30. Minutes earlier, more than enough senators, 77, voted to end a filibuster on the nomination in a procedural move that required 60 votes.

The vote, which occurred just three days before Bernanke's first term was scheduled to end, came after heavy lobbying by Democratic leaders and the Obama administration. President Obama, himself, made calls last weekend. And Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev....
I thought this was a joke? Isn't this the same guy that got us in this mess in the first place??

IMO the Fed did sweet nothing to prevent the situation, of course they were kind enough to loan free money to everyone. Which by the way costs them nothing to print.

Amazing.

Let alone that the US people let it happen?
Bernanke gets a second term running the Fed - Jan. 28, 2010