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预计参议院将于周三正式确认沃什的任职资格，结束长达数月围绕其美联储提名的高风险博弈
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尽管此前人们一度担心唐纳德·特朗普总统提名的这位美国央行掌舵人提名无望，但如今他距离获得这一职位又近了一步。
参议院在程序性投票中确认凯文·沃什进入美联储理事会——美国央行的最高治理机构，他曾在近20年前担任过该理事会成员。美联储负责制定美国货币政策，在特朗普的第二任任期内一直是令其头疼的存在。
周二的程序性投票成功通过，是共和党推动沃什出任下一任美联储主席的第一步。此次投票恰逢现任主席杰罗姆·鲍威尔的任期于5月15日届满。
参议院权衡新的、极具争议的杠杆策略， amid 对新一轮政府停摆的担忧加剧
美国联邦储备委员会候任主席凯文·沃什曾将政府发行的数字货币称为“糟糕的政策选择”。（格雷姆·斯隆/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
预计参议院将于周三完成对沃什的任命确认流程。
这场持续数月的提名过程曾充满高风险博弈、法律纠纷以及对特朗普亲自挑选的鲍威尔继任者能否顺利过关的猜测，如今却将以相对平静的方式收尾。
原因在于，直到不久前，北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员汤姆·蒂利斯曾誓言，除非司法部撤销对鲍威尔的刑事调查，否则他将阻挠任何继任人选的提名。
与众议院共和党人的脆弱关系令参议院共和党人发出警告：“必须做出改变”
2026年5月6日，唐纳德·特朗普总统在华盛顿白宫东厅举行的军事母亲节活动上发表讲话。（尤里·格里帕斯/阿巴卡通讯社 via 彭博社）
这场调查于上月末在参议院共和党高层的压力下终止，其涉及的是华盛顿美联储总部翻新工程资金被指管理不善的问题。尽管鲍威尔预计将于本月卸任，但调查仍持续展开。
当时外界纷纷猜测，此次调查是否是对鲍威尔的报复——在美联储应对通胀和伊朗战争带来的新经济压力之际，鲍威尔拒绝遵循特朗普大幅降息的要求。
尽管鲍威尔作为美联储主席的公开任期即将结束，但他并不会就此离开美联储。他上月对记者表示，任期结束后，他将继续留在美联储理事会。
沃什证词中预示与美联储现状决裂的那句话
唐纳德·特朗普总统于2017年提名杰罗姆·鲍威尔出任美联储主席。（阿尔·德拉/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
“我计划以理事会成员的身份保持低调。美联储委员会永远只会有一位主席。当凯文·沃什获得确认并宣誓就职后，他将成为那位主席。”鲍威尔说道。
沃什眼中的美联储，将在保持央行独立性的同时，不再涉足政治和社会议题。
“美联储必须恪守本职。”沃什上月在参议院银行委员会作证时说道，“当美联储涉足既无职权也无专业能力的财政和社会政策领域时，其独立性面临的风险最大。”
由于民主党人对沃什的财务状况以及他与妻子简·劳德巨额财富相关的财务披露缺失问题进行了严格审查，并将他视为特朗普经济愿景的“傀儡”而非必要时会提出反对的力量，沃什需要争取到所有可能的共和党议员的支持。
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道负责报道美国参议院的撰稿人。
Once doomed, Trump’s pick to carry out his economic vision clears first crucial hurdle
May 12, 2026 12:29pm EDT / Fox News
The Senate is expected to fully confirm Warsh on Wednesday, ending months of high-stakes drama over his Fed nomination
By Alex Miller, Fox News
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President Donald Trump’s next pick to lead the nation’s central bank is one step closer to securing the job, despite early fears that his nomination was doomed.
The Senate, in a test vote, confirmed Kevin Warsh to be on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, the main governing body of the central bank, and a post he previously served on nearly two decades ago. The institution dictates monetary policy for the nation and has been a thorn in Trump’s side throughout his second term.
Tuesday’s successful test vote was the first step in Republicans’ quest to confirm Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve. And it comes as current Chair Jerome Powell’s term at the helm comes to a close on May 15.
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Kevin Warsh, incoming chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, has called a government-issued digital currency a “bad policy choice.”(Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The Senate is expected to wrap up confirmation of Warsh on Wednesday.
It’s a far quieter ending to a process that for months was marred by high-stakes drama, legal disputes and speculation about whether Trump’s handpicked successor to Powell could actually survive the process.
That’s because until recently, Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., vowed to block any replacement pick unless the Department of Justice dropped its criminal probe against Powell.
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President Donald Trump speaks during a military Mother’s Day event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 6, 2026.(Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg)
That probe, which ended late last month amid pressure from top Senate Republicans, was related to alleged mismanagement of renovation funds for updates of the Federal Reserve’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., and played out despite Powell’s anticipated exit this month.
Speculation swirled about whether the probe was launched as a retaliatory effort against Powell, who refused to adhere to Trump’s desires to sharply lower interest rates as the central bank navigates inflation and new economic pressures from the war in Iran.
Though Powell’s time in the spotlight as chair of the Federal Reserve is soon coming to a close, he’s not going anywhere. He told reporters last month that when his term ended, he would stay on the Board of Governors.
THE ONE LINE IN WARSH’S TESTIMONY SIGNALING A BREAK FROM THE FED’S STATUS QUO
President Donald Trump nominated Jerome Powell to lead the Federal Reserve in 2017.(Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“I plan to keep a low profile as a governor. There is only ever one chair of the Federal Reserve Board. When Kevin Warsh is confirmed and sworn in, he will be that chair,” Powell said.
Warsh’s vision of the Federal Reserve is one that would maintain the central bank’s independence while shifting away from delving into political and social issues.
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“The Fed must stay in its lane,” Warsh said during his testimony before the Senate banking panel last month. “Fed independence is placed at greatest risk when it strays into fiscal and social policies where it has neither authority nor expertise.”
Warsh needed every Republican vote he could get, given that Democrats have heavily scrutinized his finances and lack of financial disclosures related to wife Jane Lauder’s colossal fortune, and view him as a “sock puppet” for Trump’s economic vision rather than a force that would push back if need be.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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