Lisa Cook Wins Senate Confirmation to Federal Reserve
Lisa Cook served as an economist on the staff of the Council of Economic Advisers during the Obama administration.
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The Senate voted to confirm
Lisa Cook
to the Federal Reserve, making her the first Black woman to sit on the central bank’s board.
Ms. Cook was approved Tuesday on a party-line vote, 51-50, with Vice President
breaking a tie. Ms. Cook is the second Fed nominee of President Biden to win Senate confirmation, following Fed governor
Lael Brainard,
who was approved as the central bank’s vice chairwoman last month.
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Appeared in the May 11, 2022, print edition as ‘Nominee To Fed Advances In Senate.’
