Two healthcare bombshells hit yesterday afternoon: The Republicans finally decided that having a health secretary to manage a potential pandemic was more important than grandstanding on abortion and confirmed Kathleen Sebelius. Sen. Arlen Specter announced that he would cross the aisle and caucus with the Democrats, which, at least in theory gives the Dems a filibuster-proof majority if and when they seat Al Franken.
Weekly Pulse: Days of Swine and Roses |
| By: TheMediaConsortium Wednesday April 29, 2009 8:38 am |
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Forced-Birthers Link Flu Emergency to Sebelius Cloture Vote |
| By: Teddy Partridge Monday April 27, 2009 3:40 pm |
Revealing that her understanding of public health alerts has not evolved from the Bush-era panics over color-coded terror alerts and anthrax attacks, the head of Concerned Women of America, Wendy Wright, says “some people” blame the Obama Administration for the political timing of the swine flu alert, since it happened one day before tomorrow’s cloture vote on the nomination of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius to head HHS, a critical department.
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