Senate confirms 2 Federal Reserve board nominees

The Senate’s votes to approve Jeremy Stein and Jerome Powell bring the seven-member Federal Reserve board to full strength for the first time since 2006, before the economic crisis struck.

Profiles of President Barack Obama's two nominees to the seven-member Federal Reserve Board who were confirmed by the Senate on Thursday.

Harry Reid takes aim at Republicans for blocking so many of Barack Obama's nominees:

The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed two of the three outstanding Federal Reserve Board governor nominees, filling key slots on the central bank's board.

WASHINGTON — The Senate’s Republican leader said Sunday he is reserving judgment on whether to support former Sen. Chuck Hagel, the front-runner to be the next defence secretary, and predicted that his former colleague would face serious question about his stands on Iran and Israel. President Barack Obama may round out his new national security leadership team this coming week, with a nomination for Pentagon chief expected and a pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency possible. Obama was returning Sunday from his vacation in Hawaii.

The Senate is expected to vote to confirm Obama's two nominees to the Federal Reserve Board, filling the seven-member panel for the first time since April 2006.