Sarah Bloom Raskin withdraws nomination as top banking regulator
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Aaron Nicodemus2022-03-15T21:21:00
Sarah Bloom Raskin, President Joe Biden’s pick to be vice chair for supervision at the Federal Reserve, withdrew her nomination after losing the support of a key Democratic senator.
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