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Bill Cassidy’s loss in the Louisiana Republican primary over the weekend puts the future of the powerful Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in flux.
Julia Letlow, who had the president’s endorsement, was in first place in the GOP primary with around 45 percent while state Treasurer John Fleming was at 28 percent.
Julia Letlow, state Treasurer John Fleming and businessman Mark Spencer.
Louisiana Sen.
Kennedy Jr.'s attacks on them despite ultimately supporting Kennedy's nomination for Health and Human Services secretary.Â
↵↵Senate Energy-Water Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman John Kennedy, R-La., ranks third in the Senate, with $450.6 million in funding secured. His largest project — shared with Sen.
↵↵Cassidy, a physician seeking his third Senate term, has the backing of the National Republican Senatorial Committee and campaigned with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., in Louisiana last week
John Couvillon, a Louisiana pollster who founded JMC Analytics & Polling, said the state’s previous primary system — in which all candidates ran in the same race and the top two finishers advanced to the
Campaign pledge fulfilled: Trump signed an executive order last week directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to start dismantling the U.S.
ICYMI #LASEN: Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins said Thursday he won’t run for Senate next year but predicted that Republican Sen.
Bill Cassidy, R-La., a gastroenterologist who chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said he was struggling to reconcile his loyalty to the Trump administration with his duty
Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Charles E.
But the announcement also comes as the incoming Senate majority leader, John Thune, R-S.D., signaled he’d be open to Trump’s plan to allow for recess appointments of his nominees to clear some of the more
U.S. law By contrast, Louisiana and Alabama both have laws on the books establishing fetal personhood, which gives an embryo rights at the moment of conception.
The Louisiana Republican spent almost a decade serving on the board of the policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention and taught at Liberty University, a prominent Christian college in Virginia.
Burr, R-N.C., who held the same role on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Â
Other Republicans who’ve begun to seek earmarks after sitting out the past two years since the practice was reinstituted are two Senate appropriators: Energy-Water Subcommittee ranking member John Kennedy
Bill Cassidy of Louisiana won’t be making the leap from D.C. to Baton Rouge.
John Cornyn, R-Texas, said with high inflation the government needs to stop shoveling money out the door that may have otherwise gone unspent.
But like her Republican predecessor John McCain did with the GOP’s health care bill in 2017, Arizona Democratic Sen.