Scott Bessent believes federal minimum wage should not be increased
Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump's pick to serve as treasury secretary, told Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., that the minimum ...
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Trump Treasury pick turns tables on Bernie Sanders after he attempts to corner him on Musk, Bezos being ‘too’ ‘powerful’
Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent turned the tables on independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at his Thursday confirmation hearing by pointing out that President Joe Biden awarded […] ...
Bessent ducks when asked whether he agreed with Biden's warning of a rise of a new American oligarchy
Bessent seemed reluctant to answer when he was asked by Sen. Bernie Sanders, independent from Vermont, if he agreed with President Biden's warning on Wednesday night of a rising "oligarchy" forming in ...
Confirmation hearings day 3 highlights: Doug Burgum, Scott Bessent and other Cabinet picks face Senate questions
In a new memo obtained by NBC News, Senate Finance Democratic tax staff found that Scott Bessent avoided over $950,000 of ...
Trump nominees Burgum, Bessent, Zeldin face confirmation hearings as witnesses support Bondi
President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees Scott Bessent, Doug Burgum, Lee Zeldin and Scott Turner will sit for Senate ...
One thing Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders both agree on
With American credit card debt at an all-time high, President-elect Donald Trump has said he will cap credit card interest rates at 10%, an idea that Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) agrees with.
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Trump Treasury nominee Scott Bessent opposes raising $7.25 minimum wage despite millions living in poverty
Scott Bessent, a hedge fund manager and President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Treasury Secretary, faced sharp criticism during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing after stating he ...