How the Senate Voted to Confirm Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary
The Senate voted 68 to 29 to confirm Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager, as the next Treasury secretary.
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| 68 | 15 | 52 | 1 | ||
| 29 | 28 | 0 | 1 |
Mr. Bessent, who formerly worked as the top investor for the liberal philanthropist George Soros, has been a major Republican donor and adviser to President Trump. As secretary of the Treasury, he will be tasked with fulfilling Mr. Trump’s economic agenda of cutting taxes, rolling back financial regulations and imposing tariffs as the president seeks to renegotiate trade deals.
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