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Pandemic support at center of Yellen confirmation hearing

by Martin Crutsinger
| January 19, 2021 8:06 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Finance Committee has begun its confirmation hearing for Treasury Secretary-nominee Janet Yellen with Democrats and Republicans squaring off immediately over how much more support the economy, hammered during the pandemic, requires.

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