Senate confirms Bedoya to be Federal Trade Commissioner
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The Senate on Wednesday confirmed President Joe Biden's pick for Federal Trade Commissioner, Alvaro Bedoya. The 51-50 vote was along party lines, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking a tie.
For months, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has urged swift confirmation of Bedoya, who's nomination Senate Republicans have aggressively opposed.
The five-member Federal Trade Commission is currently deadlocked, and Bedoya's appointment, Schumer said, will allow the agency, among other things, to investigate and go after "price gougers" and "manipulators" amid record-setting high gas prices across the country.
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