Two CFTC nominees cleared for Senate vote

The Senate Agriculture Committee approved the nominations of Christopher Brummer and Brian Quintenz as commissioners of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the regulator of the commodities markets. The Senate is to meet today before taking a break ahead of the Nov. 8 general elections; no rollcall votes are scheduled. “We need to fill the vacancies at… » Read More

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