washington u.s. senate bank committee thursday postpone vote confirm two nominees join securities exchange commission four democrats create wall opposition nominees view corporate political spend resistance pose charles schumer new york robert menendez new jersey jeff merkley oregon elizabeth warren massachusetts lead procedural confusion republican committee chairman richard shelby alabama decide delay vote sec country top securities regulator face mount pressure require corporations disclose political donations since supreme court strike strict limit campaign finance 2010 citizens unite decision confirmation hear nominees last month schumer demand two nominees republican hester peirce democrat lisa fairfax state write support require corporations make political donations public thursday vote say answer receive gobbledy gook express firm position would oppose nominations right sec best hope undo damage citizens unite stop torrential downpour dark money elections schumer say hear sec need commissioners believe support campaign spend transparency unfortunately nominees yet answer call budget legislation pass republican-majority congress end 2015 block sec create rule political spend march confirmation hear peirce senior fellow george mason university say sec charge carry laws would undermine budget legislation confirm peirce fairfax law professor george washington university nominate president barack obama october hear powerful democrat committee sherrod brown ohio press confirm nominees quickly send name full senate approve people ask take important job incumbent upon us act promptly today floor brown say thursday vote en banc mean committee set approve single list nominations include two vote also postpone nominees list democrats force postponement committee 's vote sec nominees