SENATE/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate confirmed Justin Muzinich on Tuesday [12-11-18] to be deputy secretary of the Treasury Department, broadening the portfolio of one of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s top aides and adding another moderate voice to the upper ranks of President Trump’s economic team. Mr. Muzinich, 41, was approved by a vote of 55 to 44 after an eight-month confirmation process that was dragged out by Senate Democrats. Mr. Mnuchin’s new deputy has been serving as a ‘counselor’ to the secretary with a focus on domestic finance since joining the department, where he helped draft the $1.5 trillion tax cut that Republicans passed last year…Two of Mr. Trump’s previous picks for the job, James Donovan, a longtime executive at Goldman Sachs, and Brian Brooks, an executive at Fannie Mae, withdrew from consideration.”
–Alan Rappeport, “Senate Confirms Treasury Tax Law Architect as Deputy Secretary,” The New York Times online, December 11, 2018