Steven Mnuchin Is Confirmed as Treasury Secretary
Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON The Senate confirmed Steven T. Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs banker and Hollywood film financier, to be secretary of the Treasury Department on Monday, putting in place a key lieutenant to President Trump who will help drive the administrations plans to overhaul the tax code, renegotiate trade deals and remake financial regulations.
By a vote of 53 to 47, the Senate confirmed Mr. Mnuchin, who was Mr. Trumps top fund-raiser during his campaign. During a long debate over Mr. Mnuchins credentials, Democrats argued that Mr. Mnuchins experience on Wall Street exemplified corporate malpractice that led to the 2008 financial crisis.
During his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee last month, Mr. Mnuchin was scolded by Democrats for failing to disclose nearly $100 million in assets and for not revealing his role as a director for an investment fund based in the Cayman Islands, a well-known tax haven. Republicans on the committee broke with protocol and pushed Mr. Mnuchins vote to the Senate floor after a boycott by Democrats.
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By ALAN RAPPEPORT FEB. 13, 2017
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According to CNN, Manchin voted aye.
mobeau69
(11,139 posts)@%&*
iluvtennis
(19,844 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)May he burn in hell.
former9thward
(31,970 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)2018 should be a good year for Dems; it will be an appealing option for somebody to get in the ring.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)rpannier
(24,329 posts)Nothing so far
His opposition to Hair Douche's nominees he was front and center on
Nominees like Sessions he waited to post his press release on why he supported until no one was looking
My guess, this will be no different
bravenak
(34,648 posts)rpannier
(24,329 posts)I haven't seen much in the way of the new generation of Democrats coming along in that state
That could be because it was the same people sitting in office for so long that they didn't prepare
Or they just went full red so quickly the party couldn't keep up
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Demsrule86
(68,539 posts)When will they learn? Did they not see what happened to Mary Landrieu? There is a long list.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)By that time we may not need him at all
rpannier
(24,329 posts)But even that probably won't save him this time around
yurbud
(39,405 posts)That's the real question with a lot of these nominees. Even if Trump were an otherwise acceptable president, many of these nominees are incompetent or criminals and therefore unfit to serve regardless of who appointed them.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)They want their bankers to have free reign to gamble their savings away.
Demsrule86
(68,539 posts)and vote on guns and abortion...they will never think about stuff...they look at this like a team sport. The idea that they will vote for us when things get bad is silly...been bad for years.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)WV voters won't even be aware of the vote, but they will suffer the consequences.
Demsrule86
(68,539 posts)We can't stop the GOP from putting in who they want unless some GOP join in. If there was a chance to derail the appointment than Manchin's vote matters...but there wasn't. I would rather have a Democrat in WVA because we may need a warm body to shift the Senate to the Dems in 18...uphill battle but doable with Trump. Now, I actually disagree with Manchin and think cozying up to the GOP is going to get him tossed out like Landrieu...they prefer the real thing. But putting up a liberal candidate in WVA would be a waste of time.
Demsrule86
(68,539 posts)We may need him to take the Senate back..so we are in charge...all about numbers...you don't have the numbers doesn't matter how pure and liberal you are. I am a liberal, but I would do anything to prevent the GOP takeover of the courts and the horror that Trump's immigration order has unleashed and the war he will sure start.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)I don't think he can help Manchin from Hell, though he may be there to greet him.
rpannier
(24,329 posts)Manchin was a close friend and confidant of Byrd and has used that to his advantage. That plus of having been so close to the late Sen Byrd probably will not save, much less help him this time like it did before
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)rpannier
(24,329 posts)np
I live in Asia. Its almost 1130 pm
Went right over my head
Thrill
(19,178 posts).
elmac
(4,642 posts)hows that anti establishment president working out for ya, you bunch of brain dead dumbasses.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)Mnuchin seems like his kind of guy.
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)I wonder if Trump Chumps are paying any attention.
Botany
(70,483 posts)The family of President-elect Donald Trumps nominee for Treasury secretary scored more than $3 million from Bernie Madoffs Ponzi scheme and got to keep the cash even after that scam crumbled.
A Madoff trustee sued the family of Steven Mnuchin in 2011 to claw back $3.2 million in fake profits they pocketed from Madoffs con.
According to a complaint filed in federal bankruptcy court in New York, Mnuchins mother Elaine Cooper received $3,204,227 from Madoffs massive Ponzi scheme, in which the former financier swindled nearly $65 billion from his Wall Street clients. It is the largest Ponzi scheme in American history.
TeamPooka
(24,218 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)trumputin must go
(20 posts)Especially from 16-20 seconds;
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)and "RELEASE THE TRANSCRIPTS" seem so quaint and might as well be 10 years ago...
I am amused personally to see a huge chunk of the left stop giving a shit about GS after that first week of November, though... Where are they now that they're needed?