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Senate confirms Brainard as Fed vice chair but COVID-19 trips Democrats on Cook vote
The 47-51 vote is the latest obstacle for Cook, who would be the first Black woman to join the Fed board.
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The 47-51 vote is the latest obstacle for Cook, who would be the first Black woman to join the Fed board.
She found 47 percent of the Senate Finance Committee’s 355 hearings did not include any women witnesses, and 35 percent of House Ways and Means’ 479 panels were female free.