Yes, there’s still a way to get Warsh confirmed as Fed chair. But it’s tricky | CNN Business

President Donald Trump’s choice to run the world’s most powerful financial institution is stuck in a Senate committee. And the man holding the door shut is a Republican who says he’s not opposing the candidate, he’s opposing the president. That’s the blunt reality facing Senate Majority Leader John Thune as Republicans grow increasingly anxious about the end-game for one of the most consequential — and politically combustible — confirmation fights in recent memory. Kevin Warsh, whom Trump nominated in January to succeed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, can’t get to the Fed without going through Republican Senator Thom Tillis, a key member of the Senate Banking Committee that approves all Fed nominations. And Tillis isn’t budging on his vow to block the vote. Trump has one clear path to Warsh’s confirmation: Order an end to the Justice Department investigation into Powell — a probe that has produced no evidence of wrongdoing. But Trump has refused, despite weeks of private pleas from Senate Republicans that have grown increasingly public as the calendar turns closer to the end of Powell’s term. Which is exactly what makes Thune’s comments after Warsh’