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Senate confirms Charles Rettig as IRS commissioner

By Joseph Lawler
Published September 12, 2018 10:51pm ET
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Senate confirms Charles Rettig as IRS commissioner
Charles Rettig testifies at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on his nomination for Internal Revenue Service Commissioner on Capitol Hill in Washington. | (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Beverly Hills tax lawyer Charles Rettig as commissioner of the IRS, installing a nominee who pledged to rebuild trust in the tax agency.

The upper chamber voted 64 to 33 to confirm Rettig to run the agency through 2022.

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