Senate panel to vote Thursday on Yellen for Fed

Houston Chronicle: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Banking Committee is expected to vote Thursday to approve President Barack Obama's choice of Janet Yellen for chairman of the Federal Reserve and to send the nomination on to the full Senate.

The timing of a vote in the full Senate is uncertain because some senators have said they planned to hold up her nomination as leverage on other matters. But the Senate is eventually expected to approve Yellen's nomination to a four-year term.

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