Several senators spoke publicly on Monday to support the reassignment of Ben Bernanke to the chairmanship of the Federal Reserve System (FRS) the USA, which increases the chances of success for him to vote in the upper chamber.

According to The Wall Street Journal, currently 40 senators (as against 26 on Friday) announced their support for Bernanke, widely seen as the savior of the U.S. against the repetition of the Great Depression, with the number of its opponents have publicly declared their position has changed small and is 17 to 15 on Friday.

To vote for the approval of Bernanke, the new 4-year period, according to the procedure required 60 votes (although the statement of the result will be sufficient 51 votes).

Bernanke on Monday visited the Senate to hold a meeting with Democratic Senator Richard Durbin. The senator told reporters that he expects that the Fed chief will be approved by the upper house for a second term.

At the same time, some liberal politicians opposed, pointing to the failures in the work of the Federal Reserve before the crisis and during it.

Administration began an aggressive campaign over the weekend in support of Mr. Bernanke, fearing that if hdd1is nomination will be let go this week by the Senate, it will undermine the credibility of Barack Obama and cause unrest in the financial markets.

Until recently

reassignment Bernanke, whose powers as head of the Central Bank due to expire on January 31, it seemed a done deal. But ahead of the November midterm elections, some senators would like to demonstrate to voters that share the frustration of society an enormous expense to rescue the U.S. financial system during the crisis, which encourages them to move in opposition to the current head of the Fed.

candidacy Bernanke was introduced in Congress Obama in August, in the past has ever recommendations to the president heads the Fed is not rejected by legislators.

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