Economics
Trump’s Fed Nominee Has Burned Bridges But Made Few GOP Enemies
- Past critic of Republican moderates draws some early backing
- Collins, Romney among those who say they will wait it out
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President Donald Trump’s pick for an open Federal Reserve board seat, Stephen Moore, has sharply criticized some of the Republican senators whose votes he’ll need for confirmation. Yet that hasn’t made him many enemies.
“I’ve known him a long time and expect to support him,” said Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander, who Moore once lambasted as a “turncoat” Republican for not backing a full repeal of Obamacare.