The first Black woman to serve as head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency squeaked through the confirmation with just one Republican vote, Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota.
The Senate voted 49-46 to confirm Sandra Thompson as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. She is the first Black woman to serve in the role.
Despite a significant decline in indictments and convictions, the FHFA IG’s Office of Investigations secured more than six times as much in restitution than in the prior period.