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Trump, Senate and Commerce

Trump's nominee for Commerce secretary passes key vote in the Senate

President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, passed a key procedural vote in the Senate on Thursday, clearing the path for his final confirmation vote.

Opinion

Roll Call on MSN · 9d

Senate panel advances Lutnick for Commerce secretary

The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee advanced Howard Lutnick’s nomination to lead the Commerce Department.

TheGrio on MSN · 3d

Trump’s commerce secretary pick publicly affirmed DEI at US companies before nomination

Howard Lutnick, whose net worth is $2 billion, said he thought it was a "perfectly reasonable thing to do" to implement DEI policies.

Fednet (Video) on MSN · 8h

Senate votes to limit debate on Lutnick nomination to be Commerce Secretary by 52-45

Freshman Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno as Presiding Officer is seen as Senators deliberate on the floor conferring with a reading clerk before announcing the roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Howard Lutnick to serve as Secretary of Commerce in the second Trump Administration.

The Conversation on MSN16d

Analysis: What does the commerce secretary do?

There is no other Cabinet position that has to engage with lawmakers in Congress across so many disparate technical issues, ...

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Some of Trump’s more controversial picks will appear before Senate committees to make their case

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel are expected to be grilled by senators during their confirmation hearings.

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Trump's billionaire Commerce secretary pick vows to sell all his business interests if confirmed

President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of Commerce, billionaire Howard Lutnick, said he will sell all of his business interests within 90 days if he is confirmed.

CBS News23d

Billionaire Howard Lutnick to divest corporate holdings to assume commerce secretary post, documents show

As commerce secretary, Lutnick, if confirmed, would be in charge of a sprawling Cabinet agency that is involved in funding new computer chip factories, imposing trade restrictions, releasing ...

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