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Trump to nominate former Senate aide Peirce for SEC commissioner

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Trump to nominate former Senate aide Peirce for SEC commissioner | Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump intends to nominate former Senate Republican aide Hester Maria Peirce to be a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the White House said on Tuesday.

Peirce is a former Senate Banking Committee staff member and currently is the director of the Financial Markets Working Group at George Mason University's Mercatus Center.

She was nominated to the SEC last year by President Barack Obama, but the full Senate never acted on her nomination.

Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee attempted to block her nomination when she declined to fully commit to work as a commissioner on requiring corporations to publicly disclose their political donations.

She ultimately won the committee's blessing but her nomination stalled in the Senate as Republicans dragged their feet on approving names put forward by Obama, a Democrat.
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Don't know much about Peirce, but on first blush she seems qualified. It also looks like she's been a victim of the party vs party bull**** that has become quite prevalent.
 
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