The full Senate will vote to confirm Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, after the Finance Committee’s tied vote on Wednesday. The Senate Finance Committee voted 14-14 along party lines on Becerra’s nomination. Under rules for the split Senate, the nomination will now need four hours of… Read More »
The Senate confirmed James Gfrerer, a former marine and cybersecurity executive at Ernst & Young, to head the agency’s IT department — a position that has been without a permanent leader for the past two years. WHY IT MATTERS The assignment comes as the VA is in the throes of a $ 10 billion, 10-year… Read More »
The Senate will vote this week on a massive bipartisan bill that combines 70 different measures aimed at reducing addiction and drug overdose deaths from opioids such as heroin and prescription painkillers. The vote on the bill, the Opioid Crisis Response Act, is a culmination of months of hearings and negotiations across five committees. Supporters… Read More »