Bernie Sanders

U.S. Senator (I-Vermont)

2 articles

Senate Confirms Warsh as Federal Reserve Chair, 54-45, in Closest Vote of Modern Era

The Senate voted 54-45 on May 13 to confirm Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chairman, with Sen. John Fetterman the only Democrat to cross party lines. The confirmation triggers a 90-day divestiture clock on Warsh's private fund holdings, with the deadline falling around August 11, and sets up the first FOMC meeting of his tenure for June 16-17.

WorldApr 15

Sanders Forces Senate Votes on $447 Million in Emergency Arms Transfers to Israel

Two joint resolutions of disapproval will come to the Senate floor Wednesday, targeting 12,000 one-thousand-pound bomb bodies and Caterpillar military bulldozers that Secretary of State Rubio authorized without congressional review during the war with Iran.