Senate Confirms Rouse as Biden’s Top Economic Adviser

The Senate voted 95-4 on Tuesday to confirm Cecilia Rouse to serve as the chair of the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA). Rouse, 57, is an economist. She worked as the dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University until January and previously served on the CEA during the Obama and Clinton administrations. Republican Sens. Tom Cotton (Ark.), Rand Paul (Ky.), Tommy Tuberville (Ala.) and Rick Scott (Fla.) voted against Rouse. The Senate Banking Committee had unanimously advanced her nomination on Feb. 4. The CEA current members are Heather Boushey and Jared Bernstein. Boushey would have been the top economist on Hillary Clinton’s presidential transition team if she triumphed in 2016. Jared Bernstein was Biden’s top economic adviser during the Obama administration. “She spent her career focused on workers, ensuring that this economy works for everyone,” Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said on the Senate floor on Tuesday. “Her …