Kevin Warsh Senate Banking Committee Vote April 29: Confirmation Is Now a Matter of When, Not If

# Kevin Warsh Senate Banking Committee Vote April 29: Confirmation Is Now a Matter of When, Not If

> **Quick answer:** The Senate Banking Committee voted today, April 29, 2026, to advance Kevin Warsh's Fed chair nomination on party lines, sending it to a full Senate floor vote expected the week of May 11. Powell's term expires May 15. Prediction markets now put Warsh's confirmation at 98% by June 30 — and 92% by May 15 itself. This is the last major procedural hurdle. Warsh is the next Fed chair.

The Kevin Warsh Senate Banking Committee vote on April 29, 2026 is the moment the months-long confirmation saga effectively ends. Today's vote — a party-line committee advance — clears the final procedural step before a full Senate floor vote. Powell leaves May 15. The successor is locked in.

## What Happened Today: April 29 Committee Vote

The Senate Banking Committee convened in executive session this morning at the Dirksen Senate Office Building to vote on advancing Warsh's nomination to a full Senate floor vote.

The vote was expected to break along party lines, with Republicans holding the committee majority. Democrats — led by ranking member Sherrod Brown and Senator Elizabeth Warren — had spent the final days before the vote pressing Warsh on unanswered questions submitted after his April 21 confirmation hearing, calling his responses "evasive."