A red baseball cap sits above Michelle Bowman’s filing cabinet in her office at the U.S. Federal Reserve in Washington. It’s emblazoned with the words “make community banks great again.” The TV in her office is tuned to Fox News, and the self-described workaholic has a sticky note on her door asking visitors to knock loudly because the door is heavy.

Already a Fed governor, Bowman is likely to become one of the central bank’s key leaders, in charge of banking regulation. The Senate Banking Committee voted along party lines to advance her nomination as vice chair for supervision, and the full Republican-controlled chamber is set to vote on her confirmation on Wednesday. The industry has praised Bowman’s nomination, highlighting her drive to scale back a massive bank-capital proposal that i

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