Senate Confirms Special Watchdog for Pandemic Recovery

Senate Confirms Special Watchdog for Pandemic Recovery
The Honorable Brian Miller is sworn in during a confirmation hearing before Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs at Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 5, 2020. Alex Wong/Getty Images
The Associated Press
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WASHINGTON—The Senate has confirmed a new inspector general to oversee money distributed as part of the $2 trillion economic rescue law, putting at least one watchdog in place as oversight of the money has lagged.

The Senate confirmed Brian Miller, a lawyer in the White House counsel’s office, on a 51-40 vote June 2. Democrats voted against Miller after questioning his independence from President Donald Trump, who nominated him for the post.