Senate Republicans report via Twitter that Timothy Geitner, the tax cheat nominated by Barack Hussein Obama, was confirmed 60-34.
The Washington Post reports.
Tim Geithner was confirmed as Treasury Secretary moments ago by the Senate by a vote of 60 to 34, making him the successor to Hank Paulson and the man charged with leading the U.S. out of a global recession.
Geithner was confirmed despite the embarrassment caused last week by his botched tax returns from 2001 – 2004.
Quick recap: While working at the International Monetary Fund, Geithner was audited in 2006 and found that he failed to play self-employment tax in 2003 and ’04. He immediately paid those taxes but did not go back to check his 2001 and ’02 returns, in which he had also not paid the self-employment tax. He did not pay those back taxes until confronted by President Obama’s vetting team last year.
The 60-34 margin was the closest since World War II, Bloomberg said.
SHAME: The following Republicans — there are ten of them — voted to confirm the tax crook:
- Corker (R-TN)
- Cornyn (R-TX)
- Crapo (R-ID)
- Ensign (R-NV)
- Graham (R-SC)
- Gregg (R-NH)
- Hatch (R-UT)
- Shelby (R-AL)
- Snowe (R-ME)
- Voinovich (R-OH)
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