Senator Richard Shelby, an Alabama Republican, blocked Peter Diamond's nomination to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors even though Diamond had recently won the Nobel Prize in economics, and Diamond was never confirmed.
Sources
- The Best Reporting on What’s Wrong with Congress (propublica.org)
- https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna43290745 (nbcnews.com)
- https://www.npr.org/2011/06/13/137155383/as-economy-sputters-obamas-nominees-languish (npr.org)
- https://newrepublic.com/article/89465/peter-diamond-fed-shelby-senate-republican-stimulus (newrepublic.com)
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