Senate confirms top White House economist to Fed board

USA TODAY - For more and to sign up click here Sylvan Lane The Senate voted Monday to confirm President Trump's top White House economist to the Federal Reserve board of governors. Senators voted along party lines, 48-47, to approve the nomination of Stephen Miran, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, to the remaining four months of a term on the Fed board. As a member of the Fed's seven-person…