01 February 2017 Senate Finance Committee reports out Mnuchin On February 1, 2017, the Senate Finance Committee reported out the nomination of banker and financier Steven Mnuchin to become Treasury Secretary. Mnuchin was reported out of the Finance Committee by a vote of 14 to 0, with all Republicans voting in favor. In light of a continued boycott of the session by Committee Democrats, who have sought more information from the nominees, the Committee passed a unanimous consent motion to suspend a rule regarding quorum requirements for nomination votes in an executive session. "We took some unprecedented actions today due to the unprecedented obstruction on the part of our colleagues. As I noted earlier, the Senate Finance Committee has traditionally been able to function in even the most divisive political environments … " Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) said. "That all changed yesterday."
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