The White House wants her confirmed as soon as possible, said a person familiar with the process, and Sherrod Brown, the Democratic chair of the Senate Banking Committee which handles FDIC nominees, is targeting an ambitious timeline. He aims to hold her first hearing the week of July 8, Reuters reported.

Nominees require 51 votes to be confirmed in the evenly divided Senate where Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris can break a tie, but fierce opposition from Republicans and industry groups has in the past created cracks among Democrats and derailed the process.

While that is unlikely in Goldsmith Romero’s case, the prominence of the role and contentious Senate dynamics will likely slow the process, leaving Gruenberg to hang on for potentially a few more months, according to Washington analysts and insiders.