“The Senate confirmed financier Steven Mnuchin as the next Treasury secretary in a 53-47 vote Monday evening, placing him in a leading position to advance President Donald Trump’s plans to revamp financial regulation and the U.S. tax code,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Mnuchin Is Confirmed as Treasury Secretary
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