The Finance Committee approved Steve Mnuchin as Treasury secretary and Rep. Tom Price as Health and Human Services secretary, with all Republicans on the committee present and voting to advance the nominees to the Senate floor. Committee Chair Orrin Hatch said the move to suspend the rules was approved by the Senate parliamentarian and came after Democrats delayed consideration of the nominations on Tuesday.
The Finance Committee approved Steve Mnuchin as Treasury secretary and Rep. Tom Price as Health and Human Services secretary, with all Republicans on the committee present and voting to advance the nominees to the Senate floor. Committee Chair Orrin Hatch said the move to suspend the rules was approved by the Senate parliamentarian and came after Democrats delayed consideration of the nominations on Tuesday.
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