Scott Turner, the nominee to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development ... to nominate Scott Bessent to serve as the 79th Secretary of the Treasury of the United States," he said.

While reactions largely fall within partisan lines, both parties appear poised to work with new HUD leadership to tackle housing challenges.

President-elect Donald Trump's picks for the Treasury, Housing and Urban Development and Interior departments, along with the Environmental Protection Agency, went before lawmakers on Thursday. Among them included former presidential candidate Doug Burgum and billionaire Trump donor Scott Bessent.

The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to become the next Treasury secretary and enact the Trump administration's economic agenda of tax cuts and tariffs.

The Senate is set to vote Monday on the confirmation of Scott Bessent as treasury secretary, as Senate Republicans work to quickly install President Trump's picks for top administration posts.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent as President Donald Trump’s treasury secretary.

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Scott Bessent will lead President Donald Trump's financial agenda as treasury secretary. Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager, was confirmed in a 68 to 29 U.S. Senate vote on Monday and sworn in on Tuesday.

On Monday, senators voted 68 to 29 to confirm billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent as U.S. Treasury secretary, with 16 Democrats supporting the nomination. In a statement, Public Citizen called Bessent “an oligarch who spent a career serving rich clients,