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Treasury nominee Scott Bessent clears key Senate hurdle on way to likely confirmation

Treasury Secretary designee Scott Bessent’s nomination advanced past a key Senate committee Tuesday, teeing up his likely confirmation with a full floor vote in the coming days.

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Senate panel advances Bessent nomination

The Senate Finance Committee voted 16-11 to advance Bessent’s nomination, clearing the way for a Senate floor vote in the coming days. Two Democrats — Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) — joined with the committee’s Republicans in supporting Bessent for the top economic job in Trump’s Cabinet.

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Senate Panel Backs Bessent Nomination for Treasury

Tuesday to support Scott Bessent’s nomination as Treasury Secretary, clearing the way for his confirmation on the Senate floor as soon as this week. All of the panel’s Republicans voted yes, along wit

Bessent: China Will Cut Prices In Response To Tariffs So They Can Continue To "Export Their Way Out Of Economic Malaise"

Scott Bessent told Sen. Ron Wyden, during his confirmation hearing to serve as Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary, he believes ...

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Finance Democrats seek assurances from Bessent on taxes ahead of vote

Senate Finance ranking member Ron Wyden and other committee Democrats are pressing Scott Bessent, President Donald Trump’s ...

Confirmation hearings day 3 highlights: Doug Burgum, Scott Bessent and other Cabinet picks face Senate questions

Latest news and live updates as the Trump administration prepares for office next week. Follow live as Senate confirmation ...

Wages vs. Wealth: Bessent asked about who tax code benefits most

US lawmakers grilled Treasury Secretary nominee Scott Bessent last Thursday, questioning the incoming Trump Cabinet member on ...

Zuckerberg cozying up to Trump is ‘truly awful’ and he wants to ‘reconsolidate’ media: Sen. Wyden

Senate confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump’s Cabinet finished its first week with as many questions as it started ...

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Bessent warns of ‘devastating’ consequences if tax cuts lapse

Taxes and tariffs took center stage Thursday at a hearing for President-elect Donald Trump’s intended Treasury secretary ...

Scott Bessent: China Builds 100 Coal Plants Per Year, "That Is Not A Clean Energy Race, That Is An Energy Race"

Donald Trump's nominee for Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Sen. Ron Wyden why it is goofy to claim the U.S. is in an "arms race with China for clean energy." SCOTT BESSENT: Senator Wyden, just ...

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'They Want To Shut It Down': Ron Wyden Presses Trump Nominee On Tax Policy During Hearing

During the confirmation hearing for Scott Bessent this week in the U.S. Senate, Senator Ron Wyden pressed Bessent on whether ...

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