The U.S. Senate has officially confirmed Scott Bessent as the 79th Treasury Secretary, marking a significant shift in the ...

(Reuters) - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo on Wednesday said he is hoping a full Senate confirmation vote for U.S. President Donald Trump's pick as Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, ...

Billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent won Senate approval Monday to become US Treasury ... On Monday, he cleared a confirmation vote with a comfortable margin of 68-29. Mike Crapo, who chairs ...

Mike Crapo of Idaho, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, said approving Bessent was “one of the easiest votes we could ever take.” However, he faced pushback from Democrats on unpaid tax ...

In an interesting update for the crypto industry, Scott Bessent was recently confirmed by the US Senate as the new Treasury ...

The Senate voted to confirm investor and billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to serve as President Donald Trump’s Treasury ...

Treasury Secretary designee Scott Bessent’s nomination advanced past ... with Senate Finance Chair Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) arguing that Bessent “has done nothing wrong except follow traditional ...

Washington — The Senate voted to confirm Scott Bessent as treasury secretary on ... demeanor and character to be an effective secretary," Sen. Mike Crapo, the finance committee's chairman ...

Scott Bessent arrives for a meeting with Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID) in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on December 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. Nominees for Trump's upcoming administration are ...

Scott Bessent, President Donald Trump’s pick ... Bessent has also agreed to shutter his hedge fund. Sen. Mike Crapo, the Republican chair of the committee, pushed back against Democrats attacks ...

REUTERS “Scott Bessent has a clear vision to reignite ... “on a pull-out sofa” because it was “rent-free.” Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), who chairs the Finance Committee, said, “When ...

Bessent has said the U.S. faces economic calamity if Congress does not renew key provisions of Trump’s Tax Cuts and Job Act ...