Senate unanimously confirms Burwell as White House budget director
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U. S. Senate on Wednesday voted unanimously to confirm President Barack Obama’s choice to head the Office of Management and Budget, former Wal-Mart Foundation president Sylvia Mathews Burwell. The 96-0 vote, which comes as Obama is courting congressional Republicans for a deal to shrink U. S. deficits, marks the first time that the White House has had a fully confirmed budget director since January 2012. At that time, Jack Lew, now Treasury Secretary, left the position to become Obama’s chief of staff. (Reporting By David Lawder; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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