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Michael Sainato and Reuters

Kevin Warsh clears key Senate hurdle to replace Fed chair Powell

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Kevin Warsh, nominee to be a member and chairman of the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, is sworn in at a hearing of the Senate banking committee at the US Capitol on 21 April. Photograph: Michael Brochstein/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

Kevin Warsh, ​Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve, cleared a key procedural hurdle on Wednesday, opening ‌the way for him to succeed Jerome Powell in coming weeks amid the White House’s unprecedented efforts to exert control over the world’s most powerful central bank.

Warsh’s nomination was approved in a 13 to 11 vote, strictly along party lines with Republicans supporting the nomination, setting up a confirmation vote in the US Senate in the coming days.

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