This week: Ballroom fight, Warsh confirmation on the agenda

The top priority for Senate Republicans this week will be to confirm Kevin Warsh to be chairman of the Federal Reserve, but much of the week’s work in the Senate will be off the floor, setting the stage for upcoming votes on the budget reconciliation bill.
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Pearce moves closer to confirmation for BLM chief

Steve Pearce to lead the Bureau of Land Management and is expected to confirm the New Mexican as well as other energy and environment nominees in the coming days. The Senate approved a procedural motion on a 46-45 vote to move ahead with the confirmation of 49 nominees en bloc.

Warsh faces high-stakes Senate confirmation hearing to lead world’s most powerful central bank

Kevin Warsh heads into a high-stakes Senate confirmation hearing as Trump's pick to lead the Federal Reserve amid mounting economic and legal pressure.
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Here's how Warsh's Senate confirmation is likely to go as a key Republican threatens to block it

Sen. Thom Tillis reiterates his intent to hold up President Trump's pick for Fed chair until the DOJ ends its criminal probe of Jerome Powell President Trump's pick for Fed chair, Kevin Warsh (at left), could see his Senate confirmation delayed due to the ...