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Senate Banking Committee rejects Trump’s pick to lead the Export-Import Bank

December 19, 2017 at 11:30 AM
President Trump’s embattled pick to lead the Export-Import Bank, Scott Garrett, on Tuesday failed to receive the backing of the Senate Banking Committee after two Republican senators – Mike Rounds (SD) and Tim Scott (SC) – joined Democrats on the panel to vote against him. Garrett’s rejection, on a 13-10 vote, was expected after Rounds announced he was not supporting the former New Jersey congressman. Scott had also expressed reservations about Garrett prior to the vote. Trump’s other four nominees...

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