The Senate moved closer Tuesday to confirming one of President Biden’s nominees to the Federal Reserve.

Lawmakers voted 50-49 in favor of ending debate on the nomination of Lisa Cook, an economist and professor of international relations at Michigan State University. The vote could allow them to proceed later Tuesday to confirm her to the central bank’s seven-member board of governors.

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