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Obama Proposes Overturning Bush’s ‘Right to Conscience’ Rule

By | 03.06.09 | 4:33 pm

The White House has proposed a regulation to overturn a controversial Bush administration rule that expanded the rights of health care workers to deny services they deem morally objectionable.

Taking effect in the final days of the George W. Bush’s presidency, the so-called “right of conscience” rule angered many More…

Rep. Dave Camp on Daschle

By | 02.03.09 | 1:00 pm

I happened to be at a lunch with Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, when news broke that former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) was withdrawing his nomination for health and human services secretary.

“Just the amount he owed was a rich More…

Daschle Withdraws HHS Nomination

By | 02.03.09 | 12:57 pm

Pledging that he “will not be a distraction,” former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has withdrawn his nomination for secretary of health and human services, MSNBC reports.

Following Nancy Killefer’s withdrawal from her chief performance officer post, Daschle is now the second Obama nominee to pull out for tax More…