The Senate Finance Committee split upon party lines in a Thursday vote on the nomination of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, President Joe Biden s pick to head the powerful agency overseeing Medicare and Medicaid, voting 14-14 to move to a full Senate vote without a recommendation for confirmation.
Panel Republicans said their dissent was not due to her background or qualifications, but objected to the Biden administration s decision to pull a Texas Medicaid waiver that gave the state more than $100 billion in federal funding over the next 10 years and more flexibility in structuring the program.
The vote comes after Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said he would hold up the confirmation using a process allowing a sitting senator to temporarily block a nomination from advancing to a full-body vote. It s likely Cornyn s hold will slow the vote but not stop it, as Senate rules allow Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., or Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to make a motion to force a vote.
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Good morning, it’s Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, the day of the week I pass along quotations intended to be inspirational or thought-provoking. Today’s comes from a West Virginia educator named Bondy Shay Gibson in the form of a letter she wrote to the parents of her school district.
Her poignant missive has received national attention in a pandemic-plagued country starved for positive human interest stories. And Dr. Gibson gave us one.
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