Senate Republicans blocked a Senate vote on NCUA Board Member J. Mark McWatters' nomination to the Export-Import Bank Board Thursday.
Senate Banking Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) objected to a unanimous consent agreement offered by Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) to discharge the Senate Banking Committee from considering the nomination.
The procedural move would have allowed the full Senate to vote on the decision. Shelby has refused to bring the McWatters nomination to a vote in the committee.
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