Yellen Confirmation Vote for Fed Chief Slot May Come Next Week
This article is for subscribers only.
The U.S. Senate will vote as soon as next week and no later than this month to confirm Janet Yellen as chairman of the Federal Reserve, a Senate Democratic aide said today.
Yellen, who if confirmed would be the first woman to head the central bank, will be among the first nominees considered under Senate rules adopted last month that denied a single senator the right to demand a 60-vote threshold on candidates for executive and most judicial-branch posts.