rssSebelius Confirmed as HHS Secretary
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 6:26 pm
- 2 Comments
Lost in the din over Sen. Arlen Specter’s decision to switch parties today was Health and Human Services Secretary-nominee Kathleen Sebelius’ confirmation hearing. Well, she was confirmed by the Senate, by a vote of 65 to 31.
Sebelius, who will step down from her current job as the governor of Kansas, had come under fire from the right because of her support for abortion rights. On Twitter, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) announced he had another reason for opposing her nomination:
SenJohnMcCainvoted against Sebelius – already moving towards socialized auto companies, we don’t need socialized medicine!
2 Comments
Pingback posted April 28, 2009 @ 10:00 pm
[...] « Rosemary’s News and Ideas…Sebelius Confirmation On Track » Political Buzz…The Washington Independent » Sebelius Confirmed as HHS Secretary… « Ufc 101 Swine Flu In Indiana » © 2009 [...]
Pingback posted May 1, 2009 @ 5:29 pm
[...] addition, John McCain boasted about voting against the confirmation of Kathleen Sebelius to be Secretary of Health and Human services on Twitter: voted against Sebelius – already moving [...]
RSS feed for comments on this post.
Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.
