Hold Lifted on Barofsky Nomination

Two updates from the hold placed on the TARP Inspector General’s nomination.

First, POGO reports the hold has been lifted.

Sources tell us that the secret hold blocking Neil Barofsky’s nomination as the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) has been lifted!  Stay tuned for more…

Second, during the Senate Banking hearing on the auto industry, Jon Tester just said that someone "in this body" had a hold on Barofsky’s nomination. Which supports the widely-held suspicions that Jim Bunning was the guy who put the hold on. (Note, he hasn’t shown up yet, either.)