The Senate Finance Committee advanced a pair of Trump’s nominees
with only Republican members present — Steven Mnuchin to head the
Treasury Department, and Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) as secretary of Health
and Human Services.
By unanimous consent, the
Republicans gathered in the hearing room agreed to change the
committee’s standing rules, which normally require at least one member
of each party to be in attendance for committee work to proceed.
Oh the sweet irony!