Manchin’s ‘No Decision’ Stand Keeps Doubts Swirling on Fed Slate

  • Republicans holding up Raskin nomination in Banking Committee
  • West Virginia Democrat’s vote crucial in 50-50 Senate

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Senator Joe Manchin said he remains undecided on President Joe Biden’s nominees for the Federal Reserve, including Sarah Bloom Raskin, the embattled pick for vice chair for supervision.

“We had a conversation and we will have more conversations,” the West Virginia Democrat said of Raskin, who he met with earlier this week. “I made no decisions on anybody.”