(Reuters) – Democratic lawmakers on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee have demanded that Stephen Miran pledge to resign from his job as chief White House economic adviser before the Republican-controlled panel takes any more steps to advance his nomination for a seat on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors.

Miran said at his confirmation hearing last week he had been legally advised that he need only take an unpaid leave from the White House’s Council of Economic Advisors because the Fed job he is seeking only runs through the end of January, and “that is what I would be taking.”

The Democratic senators on the panel noted that his term could last longer, depending on the time it took to confirm a successor, and said the dual role created a potential conflict between his duty as both

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