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Trump's treasury nominee turns tables on Sanders

Bernie Sanders Gets Agitated When Treasury Nominee Scott Bessent Dismantles His 'Oligarchs' Question

It turns out that when President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders call out "oligarchs" in the tech industry, they're only talking about people they don't like, not oligarchy as a whole. Sanders discovered the difference after an ugly exchange with President-elect Donald Trump's Treasury secretary nominee.

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Bernie Sanders Has to Ask Three Times If Trump’s Billionaire Treasury Secretary Nominee Agrees The U.S. Is An Oligarchy

"Do you think that when so few people have so much wealth and so much economic and political power, that is an oligarchic form of society?"

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Trump's treasury nominee turns tables on Sanders in testy exchange about Biden's 'oligarchy' comments

Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Treasury Department, went head to head with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., over whether the U.S. is headed toward an oligarchy.

Scott Bessent Made His Way Into Trump's Inner Circle

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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 wage is "more of a statewide" issue and that he believes there should not be an increase to the federal minimum wage.

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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 does not support raising the federal minimum wage, which has remained at $7.25 an hour since 2009.

USA Today · 1d

Treasury sec. nominee Scott Bessent says Trump should not have influence on Federal Reseve

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, says the Fed should stay independent from presidential influence.

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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 […] ...

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.

Trump's Treasury pick Bessent defended tariffs. But 'jitters' remain for markets.

Follow along with MarketWatch's live coverage of the Senate confirmation hearing for Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald ...

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Sanders and Bessent go head-to-head on oligarchy forming in the U.S.

Bernie Sanders and Scott Bessent went head-to-head during the latter's Senate Confirmation Hearing about the oligarchy ...

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