Senate OKs former regulator as Securities and Exchange Commission chief FILE - In this July 30, 2013 file photos, then Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Gary Gensler testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate has approved President Joe Biden’s choice of Gensler to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, signaling an emphasis on investor protection for the Wall Street watchdog agency after a deregulatory stretch during the Trump administration. (Source: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) By MARCY GORDON | April 14, 2021 at 2:05 PM EDT - Updated April 14 at 2:05 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate has approved President Joe Biden’s choice of Gary Gensler to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, signaling an emphasis on investor protection for the Wall Street watchdog agency after a deregulatory stretch during the Trump administration.
Connecticut Senate votes to eliminate religious exemption
By Susan Haigh
Connecticut is poised to end a long-standing religious exemption from immunization requirements for schools, a move that led to protests outside the state Capitol where people are trying to stop final legislative passage of one of the most contentious bills of the session.
The bill cleared the Democratic-controlled Senate by a vote of 22-14, following roughly nine hours of debate. Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont has said he will sign it into law. Connecticut would then become the sixth state to end its religious exemption. The state s medical exemption would remain in place.