With Janet Yellen likely to be nominated by President Obama to succeed Ben S. Bernanke as chief of the Federal Reserve, it is appropriate to look ahead and consider the confirmation process that Ms.

Janet Yellen’s hopes of becoming the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve got a boost on Thursday when she sailed through her Senate confirmation hearing with only mild questioning from some of the ...

By a vote of 59-34 the Senate on Friday moved the nomination of Janet Yellen to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve past a key procedural hurdle. The vote invoked "cloture" — effectively ...

The US Senate postponed its confirmation vote on President Barack Obama’s choice to head the Federal Reserve, with a final decision on Janet Yellen now set for January 6. Democratic Senate Majority ...