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Senate confirms Powell for second term as Fed chief
The hill ^ | 05/12/2022 | Sylvan Lane

Posted on 05/12/2022 12:03:41 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

The Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for a second term leading the central bank’s board of governors as the Fed scrambles to get ahead of high inflation.

Senators voted 80-19 to approve Powell for another four-year stint chairing the Fed board, a position he was first appointed to by former President Trump.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: confirms; powell; senate; term
How exciting. 🙄
1 posted on 05/12/2022 12:03:41 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Sick Deep Staters.


2 posted on 05/12/2022 12:06:03 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Federal Reserve is NOT part of the federal government. Get rid of them.


3 posted on 05/12/2022 12:06:28 PM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.)
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To: Paladin2

“Sens. John Boozman (R-Ark.),
Mike Braun (R-Ind.),
Tom Cotton (R-Ark.),
Ted Cruz (R-Texas),
Josh Hawley (R-Mo.),
Ron Johnson (R-Wis.),
Mike Lee (R-Utah),
Ed Markey (D-Mass.),
Bob Menendez (D-N.J.),
Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.),
Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.),
Marco Rubio (R-Fla.),
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.),
Rick Scott (R-Fla.),
Richard Shelby (R-Ala.),
Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska),
Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and
Roger Wicker (R-Miss.),

voted against Powell.”

A small, motley crewe there.


4 posted on 05/12/2022 12:10:00 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

Scripted by the Uniparty. How dull.


5 posted on 05/12/2022 12:10:42 PM PDT by max americana (fired leftards on cue after every election since 1992, and enjoyed seeing these bastards cry)
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To: max americana

The small Motley crew-any profiles in courage” Up in ‘22?


6 posted on 05/12/2022 12:14:48 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Nothing is going to change after the midterms unless SCOTUS does something unexpected. We know Executive and legislative will do nothing but waste time on hearings.


7 posted on 05/12/2022 12:15:48 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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