No. 2 GOP senator: Fed pick Moore's fate may be known soon

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate's No. 2 Republican leader says the saga of President Donald Trump's uphill effort to appoint conservative commentator Stephen Moore to the Federal Reserve board may come to a head soon.

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota tells reporters Wednesday that Moore "has issues up here." Numerous GOP senators have said they object to Moore's disparaging past writings about women or have sidestepped questions about whether they'd back him for the Fed post.

Asked whether Republicans have urged the White House to stop pushing Moore for the job, Thune says there are "ongoing discussions and conversations" about it.

He says, "We'll know more about that before long," adding that could occur "perhaps" on Wednesday.