. JUST IN: Senate Confirms Janet Yellen as First Female Treasury Secretary - News Times

JUST IN: Senate Confirms Janet Yellen as First Female Treasury Secretary

By News Here - 16:08

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The Senate has voted to confirm Janet Yellen as Treasury Secretary.

Senators voted overwhelmingly — 84 to 15 — to confirm Yellen.

Yellen served as chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018, under Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump. She was succeeded by Jerome Powell.

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