Fed nominee Warsh will meet the senator blocking his confirmation
U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) attends a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s annual report to Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 5, 2026. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh will meet this week with the Republican senator who has been blocking his nomination in objection to President Donald Trump’s attacks on the central bank. Warsh will meet with Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, the senator’s office said Monday. Warsh will also meet with Sen. Kevin Cramer, R.-N.D., the senator told CNBC. The Senate Banking Committee, where both Cramer and Tillis are members, oversees nominees to the Fed. Other meetings with members of the committee are expected this week. Read more CNBC politics coverage Tillis has praised Warsh’s acumen as a potential Fed chair but has said he won’t vote to confirm any Fed nominees until the Department of Justice drops a criminal investigation into Chair Jerome Powell. Powell has called the probe a pretext to punish him for …



