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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSchumer calls for more cabinet picks to turn over tax returns
Schumer calls for more cabinet picks to turn over tax returns
BY NAOMI JAGODA - 12/28/16 12:26 PM EST
Incoming Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday called on more of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks to turn over their tax returns, after two nominees have already done so.
Trump's picks to lead the Treasury and Health and Human Services departments, Steven Mnuchin and Tom Price, respectively, have provided their three most recent years of tax returns to the Senate Finance Committee. Schumer tweeted that other Cabinet picks "must" follow suit.
Democrats have been stepping up pressure in recent weeks for Trump's nominees to provide their tax returns to the Senate.
During a press conference earlier this month, several Democratic senators argued that Senate rules should be changed to require Cabinet and other senior nominees to turn over three years of tax returns. They argued that the returns should be scrutinized because many of Trump's Cabinet picks are wealthy and may have conflicts of interest...
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Wounded Bear
(58,666 posts)1. Still need to see Trump's...
that should be mandatory.
spanone
(135,844 posts)2. how about the p-elect?
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)3. Duly noted, Chuck. The big one got away, however.
msongs
(67,413 posts)4. send em another "sternly worded letter" that's an effective strategy against fascists chuckie nt