Climate Advocates Call on Senate to Confirm Key Fed Nominees

Feb 04, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -16% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

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  • Policy Leaning

    -24% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    82% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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"US, is simply a parroting of oil industry concerns that must be rejected by senators as they weigh the nominations."
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-24% Liberal
"If Cook, Jefferson, and Raskin are approved by the banking panel, they will face confirmation by the full Senate."
Positive
24% Conservative
"In a Wednesday letter addressed to Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), the groups wrote that Biden's nominees are committed to maintaining stability in our economy in the midst of the pandemic, encouraging economic growth that benefits all working people, and fighting the impacts of inflation, all while preserving the independence of the Fed."
Positive
20% Conservative
"In a Wednesday letter addressed to Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), the groups wrote that Biden's nominees are committed to maintaining stability in our economy in the midst of the pandemic, encouraging economic growth that benefits all working people, and fighting the impacts of inflation, all while preserving the independence of the Fed."
Positive
20% Conservative
"He said that organized opposition... mostly settled into a focus on Cook and Raskin."
Positive
2% Conservative
"A day before the hearing, nearly 100 progressive groups including Public Citizen and the Open Markets Institute urged senators to confirm Raskin, Cook, and Jefferson."
Positive
2% Conservative
"She's also the wife of Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland."
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-2% Liberal
"If confirmed, Cook, who served on former President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, would be the first Black woman on the governing board, while Jefferson, who was previously an economist for the board of governors, would be the fourth Black man to serve on the board."
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-2% Liberal
"Among those pushing back against Cook's and Raskin's nominations is the Senate Banking Committee's top Republican -- Sen. Pat Toomey of Pesylvania."
Positive
0% Conservative
"Among those pushing back against Cook's and Raskin's nominations is the Senate Banking Committee's top Republican -- Sen. Pat Toomey of Pesylvania."
Positive
0% Conservative
"[Jerome] Powell's priority of broad maximum employment; Jefferson's research on the effects of macroeconomic and monetary policy on employment, economic growth, poverty rates, and household finances -- issues at the center of the Fed's mandate; and called Raskin well-suited to look out for emerging risks to financial stability and determine how to respond to them, in addition to being versed in new potential threats such as climate change and cybersecurity."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"[Jerome] Powell's priority of broad maximum employment; Jefferson's research on the effects of macroeconomic and monetary policy on employment, economic growth, poverty rates, and household finances -- issues at the center of the Fed's mandate; and called Raskin well-suited to look out for emerging risks to financial stability and determine how to respond to them, in addition to being versed in new potential threats such as climate change and cybersecurity."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"Progressive groups are urging the U.S. Senate to confirm three of President Joe Biden's nominees for the Federal Reserve Board, arguing that the highly qualified candidates are needed to help address the needs of workers and the climate emergency."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"That line of attack from Toomey and other GOP lawmakers who've recieved significant campaign cash from the fossil fuel industry, accoording to Accountable."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"The opposition to Raskin concentrates on her policy record of regulating the powerful financial sector and seeking to make the Fed center climate change concerns in its policymaking."
Negative
-30% Liberal
"The wellspring of much of this opposition also included attacks aimed at Jefferson, but this gross campaign against the Biden slate has clearly decided it's more strategic to direct attacks about qualifications on Cook."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"During Thursday's hearing, Toomey attacked Raskin's previous comments on the Fed addressing climate risks."
Positive
0% Conservative
"During Thursday's hearing, Toomey attacked Raskin's previous comments on the Fed addressing climate risks."
Positive
0% Conservative

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38% : US, is simply a "parroting" of oil industry concerns that must be rejected by senators as they weigh the nominations.

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