Ben Bernanke was re-elected head of the Fed

According to the materials Associated Press has learned that the U.S. Senate voted to extend powers of the chairman of the Federal Reserve System (Fed) Chairman Ben Bernanke - 70 members voted for this decision, and only 30 opposed. Back in August last year, Barack Obama has put forward Ben Bernanke as Fed chairman for a second four year term. It is noteworthy that before the vote, several senators were sharply criticized the anti-crisis manager Fed. In their view, if the Fed was fighting against the "bubble" created by real estate prices, the U.S. could have avoided the economic crisis. Recall that Bernanke led the Fed in 2006, succeeding Alan Greenspan, who was widely accused of inflating and "bubble" that, "lopnuv" has led to financial crisis.