Janet Yellen confirmed as first female treasury secretary

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US Senate approves former Federal Reserve chair, who must try to revive economy decimated by coronavirus

She faces a monumental task. Only this week another 900,000 people filed for unemployment benefits – more than the population of San Francisco and four times the number of weekly claims made before the coronavirus pandemic struck.

 

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Can someone tell me when a secretary gets confirmed, do all undersecretary, deputies who also require senate confirmation get confirmed at the same time?

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