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Howard Lutnick confirmed by Senate to lead Commerce Department
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0:32Now PlayingFormer Wall Street executive Howard Lutnick was confirmed by the Senate Tuesday to lead the Department of Commerce under President Trump.
Lutnick’s nomination was approved by senators in a 51-45 party-line vote. Four Senators, Cory Booker (D-NJ), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), missed the vote.
With Lutnick’s confirmation in the books, Trump has now surpassed the confirmation pace of former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
The Democrat-led Senate under Obama in 2009 had confirmed 16 of his Cabinet nominees by this time 16 years ago, and only seven of Biden’s picks at this point in 2021, according to a Senate whip aide.
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