Senators confirmed Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.) 57 to 41 to serve as the next head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency,which regulates mortgage giants Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and federal home loan banks.
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Watt’s confirmation came Tuesday evening as he also was flying back from South Africa as a member of the congressional delegation that attended the memorial service for Mandela. Two Republicans — Sens. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) — voted with members of the Senate Democratic caucus to confirm him.
Earlier in the day, senators had voted to invoke cloture on Watt’s nomination, the first time that the chamber had agreed to proceed to final debate on an executive branch nominee with a simple majority vote.
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