The Senate on Monday confirmed Stephen Miran, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, to a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, giving President Donald Trump an influential voice inside the central bank at a critical moment for monetary policy.

The 48–47 vote fell largely along party lines, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R., Alaska) joining Democrats in opposition. Republicans had recently streamlined Senate procedures to speed consideration of Trump’s nominees, allowing Miran to take his seat in time for the Fed’s two-day meeting that begins Tuesday.

Democrats opposed Miran in lock-step, appearing to cast their votes less as an evaluation of his record than as a rebuke of the president who nominated him. Their objections often dwelled on his White House ties, even as Miran em

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