Geithner '83 faces scrutiny on taxes

The confirmation process for Treasury secretary nominee Timothy Geithner '83 has been complicated by the disclosure on Tuesday that he had failed to pay over $34,000 in federal taxes between 2001 and 2004 and previously employed a housekeeper whose immigration status had expired. Both Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee have said these revelations, first made known to the senators in December, will not block Geithner's confirmation. "Now's not the time to think in small political terms," committee member Sen.