(Reuters) -U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren raised fresh questions about President Donald Trump’s pick to fill an open seat at the Federal Reserve, demanding on Tuesday that Stephen Miran explain a discrepancy in filings to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics disclosing income that his spouse received.
Warren demanded answers in a letter issued less than 24 hours before the Republican-majority Senate banking committee’s scheduled vote, at 10 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, to advance Miran’s nomination for consideration by the full Senate.
Warren, the banking panel’s top Democrat, opposes Miran’s confirmation. She and other members of her party say that his decision not to resign as White House economic advisor compromises his ability to make decisions on monetary policy that are independent of the