The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee will vote on the nomination of Alphonso Jackson as HUD secretary on March 30. Jackson had appeared before the committee on Feb. 25, at which Sen. Wayne Allard, R-CO, announced his opposition to Jackson’s nomination because of HUD’s handling of the RESPA reform rule. The department decided to withdraw the rule on March 22 for reproposal, removing a key threat to Jackson’s nomination. The committee