A fight over tax returns could delay Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson’s confirmation hearings.
Senate Democrats want Tillerson, the CEO of ExxonMobil, to release three years’ worth of tax returns, and Republicans argue that is unnecessary under “long-standing precedent” for such confirmation hearings. But the dispute could prevent Tillerson from receiving an expedited hearing ahead of inauguration day that most secretary of state nominees receive.
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