Senate, Lutnick and Commerce Secretary

Senate invokes cloture on Lutnick for Commerce Secretary, teeing up final vote
The Senate on Thursday voted to invoke cloture on Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick, ending debate on his nomination and teeing him up for a final vote in the coming days.
US Senate panel advances Cantor Fitzgerald's Lutnick for Commerce Department chief
A U.S. Senate committee voted on Wednesday to advance President Donald Trump's nominee Howard Lutnick, billionaire chairman and CEO of Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald, to run the Commerce Department.
Trump's nominee for Commerce secretary passes key vote in the Senate
President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, passed a key procedural vote in the Senate on Thursday, clearing the path for his final confirmation vote.
Senate votes to limit debate on Lutnick nomination to be Commerce Secretary by 52-45
Freshman Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno as Presiding Officer is seen as Senators deliberate on the floor conferring with a reading clerk before announcing the roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Howard Lutnick to serve as Secretary of Commerce in the second Trump Administration.
Senate advances Howard Lutnick for Commerce secretary
President Donald Trump with Commerce secretary nominee Howard Lutnick at the White House. Alex Brandon/AP The Senate on Thursday afternoon advanced along party lines the nomination of Howard Lutnick to lead the Commerce Department.
Howard Lutnick keeps contested $50M bonus from Newmark
The Cantor Fitzgerald chief executive officer and Newmark Group chair will keep a $50 million bonus awarded to him after ...
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Lutnick settlement on $50 million Newmark bonus lets him keep it
Lutnick, President Donald Trump's nominee to head the Commerce Department, won the bonus for work he did on behalf of Newmark ...
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Lutnick to step down as CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald if confirmed as head of US Commerce Department
Mr Lutnick has taken aim at Ireland's trade surplus, arguing it has come at the expense of the US. Meanwhile, his firm, Cantor Fitzgerald has a significant presence in Ireland, with offices in Cork, D ...
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Lutnick Vows To Divest From Newmark, Cantor Fitzgerald In 90 Days If Confirmed As Commerce Head
Howard Lutnick, chairman and CEO of investment firms Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC Group, told the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation that he would divest “all of my interests, ...
Howard Lutnick, Trump's commerce pick, is on crypto task force despite conflicts
Howard Lutnick, a billionaire banker poised to run the Department of Commerce, has deep ties to the crypto industry. But he ...
Trump’s commerce secretary pick, Howard Lutnick, defends Tether: ‘It’s like blaming Apple...'
Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick defended Tether in a Senate hearing, arguing AI will "rid the world of criminals" using blockchain.
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Lutnick chokes up talking about employees killed on 9/11
Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick got choked up while discussing the company's 658 employees killed during the 9/11 attacks and his efforts to rebuild after it.
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As Lutnick Faces U.S. Senate, Elizabeth Warren Scrutinizes His Tether Ties
Howard Lutnick, President Trump's pick to run the Department of Commerce, is probed by the senator on the Tether connection of his firm, Cantor Fitzgerald.