Obama Taps Sebelius for Health Spot
Sebelius will not have the broad portfolio planned for Daschle before the former Senate Majority Leader was forced to withdraw his nomination to be HHS secretary.
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Sebelius will not have the broad portfolio planned for Daschle before the former Senate Majority Leader was forced to withdraw his nomination to be HHS secretary.
Until the Senate began debating an equal pay measure in January, Coburn estimates that 180 days passed with only one GOP amendment on the Senate floor.
Kentuckys governor is a Democrat, and the Bluegrass State allows its chief executive to fill Senate vacancies via appointment. Presumably, Gov.
Senate GOP leaders who spoke earlier in the day talked about the importance of regaining seats in the Northeast, but also stressed that Republicans are going to have to change the face of the party to
Were very pleased that the Congress has [accepted] our request and recognized that we needed it, Acting Comptroller General Gene Dodaro said last week.
Were still all processing what happened, Wincup said.
For us, were hoping that our member businesses will be able to move into those neighborhoods and provide services. Norton hopes to implement similar management reforms nationally through reauthorization
Even when committees claim to be conducting hard-hitting oversight, theyre usually talking about the kind of sexy, investigative hearings that attract massive media coverage by exposing executive
With the bills passage in the Senate, voting rights advocates will now turn their attention to the House, which is set to vote on its version of the bill next week.
House and Senate Republicans on Thursday announced the creation of a new group to watch over the implementation of the $787 billion stimulus package.
Were going to double the debt in five years and triple it in 10, Gregg said. Gregg said the budget will raise taxes on small businesses and on households through the cap-and-trade system.
Dodd is Kennedys closest friend in the Senate and second-in-command on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, which Kennedy chairs.
Roused by President Barack Obamas address to Congress on Tuesday night, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) followed suit Wednesday by laying out an ambitious agenda and predicting the Senate will
Theyre going to have to go through a primary in which theyre going to have to explain to those Republican voters in that primary their vote. … Those Senators are going to have to account to those voters
. Burris was appointed to the Senate by former Gov.
It appears that conservative interest groups are following the lead of national Republicans by attacking Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D) early and often this cycle.
A top Senate Democrat is pushing to hand the Justice Department more firepower to fight public corruption, even as a handful of House Democrats appear to be coming under new scrutiny in a federal probe
The president summoned Congressional Democratic leaders to a White House meeting to mull strategy for the year and held a separate meeting with leaders of the House and Senate financial panels to
The House and Senate floors function like a conveyor belt for these things.
Cornyn told Capitol Briefing, a Washington Post blog, the NRSC is behind Bunning if hes running for re-election and that it would back the Senator if he were to get a primary challenge.