Scott Bessent, President Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary, won bipartisan support Tuesday as his nomination cleared a Senate committee.
The Senate Finance Committee voted 16-11 to advance Bessent’s nomination, clearing the way for a Senate floor vote in the coming days.
Two Democrats — Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) — joined with the committee’s Republicans in supporting Bessent for the top economic job in Trump’s Cabinet.
