Sunday, January 29, 2017

Senate finance committee to vote on Representative Price on Tuesday

Health News Headlines - Yahoo News

U.S. Rep. Price arrives to testify before a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in WashingtonThe Republican-majority U.S. Senate Finance Committee will vote on Tuesday on the nomination of Representative Tom Price to head the Department of Health and Human Services, the panel's chairman, Senator Orrin Hatch, said on Sunday. Price, a Republican, is an orthopedic surgeon who if confirmed would be given the task of carrying out President Donald Trump's promise to gut former President Obama's Affordable Care Act, also called Obamacare. Price's trading in health company stocks while a lawmaker has been questioned by Democrats, but Price says his actions were legal and ethical.


By Julia Edwards Ainsley and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Divisions have emerged among advisers to President Donald Trump over whether to rescind a signature policy of his predecessor, President Barack Obama, that shields young immigrants from deportation, according to congressional sources and Republicans close to the White House. Priebus has said publicly that Trump will work with Congress to get a "long-term solution" on the issue.
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