“Senator Cornyn placed the hold after the Biden Administration decided to play political chicken with uninsured Texans’ healthcare,” a Cornyn spokesperson said at the time.
Biden’s CMS argued that the Trump administration did not give the required time for public comment on the waiver. Texas responded to the decision by filing a lawsuit against the Biden administration.
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Brooks-LaSure had not been confirmed when the Medicaid waiver was rescinded, so she had not participated in the decision.
The Senate Finance Committee previously was divided on whether to move her nomination forward to the full Senate, with all Republicans voting against her advancement. But Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer