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Azar confirmed as HHS secretary in bipartisan vote Alex Azar, President Donald Trump's pick to lead HHS, was confirmed by the Senate Wednesday in a bipartisan vote, 55 to 43, with six Democrats and one independent voting for the Republican nominee. The former Eli Lilly executive has caught some criticism that he is too cozy with the pharmaceutical industry, but has insisted he sees bringing down drug costs as a top priority.
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The House has voted 54 times in four years on Obamacare. Hereâs the full list. July 11, 2012: In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold most of the law, the House voted once again to repeal the law. Obamacare in its entirety in the wake of the Supreme Court decision to uphold the vast majority of the law. The bill passed 244 to 185, with five Democrats in support.
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Hereâs How Senate Republicans Have Voted On Dreamers And Immigrants Here's How Senate Republicans Have Voted On Dreamers And Immigrants Nearly every current Senate Republican opposed the Dream Act in 2010, but some shifted on a broader immigration bill in 2013. By Alissa Scheller and Elise Foley
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- S.578 — 115th Congress (2017-2018) BEST Act Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] (Introduced 03/08/2017) Cosponsors: (2) Committees: Senate - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Latest Action: 03/08/2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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Obama making less than a quarter of Senate votes Obama making less than a quarter of Senate votes. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama has missed the most votes of any Democratic presidential hopeful in the Senate over the last two months, including a vote on an Iran resolution he has blasted Sen. Hillary Clinton for supporting.
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- The White House Office of Management and Budget declined to comment on the president's budget receiving zero votes in the Senate. The Senate also rejected the House-passed budget sponsored by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), which failed on a 40-57 vote.
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Senate Passes Budget Bill, Sends to White House ABC News. Senate Passes Budget Bill, Sends to White House. The Senate has passed a bipartisan budget plan that averts the debt ceiling and sets funding levels for the next two years, 64 votes to 35. The bill now heads to President Obama’s desk, where he is expected to sign it ahead of Tuesday’s debt ceiling deadline.
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- Array ( [actionDate] => 2016-03-10 [displayText] => Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 94 - 1. Record Vote Number: 34.
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- A large majority of House Republicans and a few Democrats voted to secure our border and end the executive amnesty known as DACA. In September, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) motioned to bring the Blackburn bill to the Senate floor for a vote, but the motion was defeated 50-to-50.
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Senate To Vote Monday On Ending Shutdown As Talks Continue The Senate will vote at noon on Monday to end the government shutdown. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took to the floor Sunday evening and laid out a plan to restore government funding for three weeks and consider immigration proposals, while bipartisan talks continue to end the impasse that has triggered a partial government shutdown since Friday night.
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Senate Defeats Bill on Keystone XL Pipeline in Narrow Vote WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats, by a single vote, stopped legislation that would have approved construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, one of the most fractious and expensive battles of the Obama presidency.
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Ed Murray Time in office. Sen. Ed Murray, left front, smiles on the Senate floor while his longtime partner, Michael Shiosaki, left, Rep. Jamie Pedersen and Gov. Chris Gregoire watch as the same-sex marriage vote passed the Senate in Olympia in February 2012. (Photo by Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
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- Legislator Score / Vote. 2017: 115th Congress 100%. 1: On the Amendment: Paul Amendment to the FY 2017 Budget Resolution✔ Yea Key Vote 1: On the Amendment: Paul Amendment to the FY 2017 Budget Resolution While serving as the vehicle to begin the process of repealing ObamaCare, as currently written, S.Con.Res.
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Senate Approves Keystone XL Pipeline Bill, Testing Obama Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, before the vote that had nine Democrats join 53 Republicans in favor of the bill. WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a bill on Thursday to force approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which President Obama is certain to veto in his first official clash with the new Republican-majority Congress.
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He Raised Drug Prices at Eli Lilly. Can He Lower Them for the U.S.? Mr. Azar, who describes himself as a policy wonk, joined the administration of President George W. Bush as general counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services in 2001 and became deputy secretary four years later.
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9,738 The Senate approved the legislation earlier Wednesday in a 78-20 vote, and Obama signed it into law that evening. All 20 “no” votes in the Senate came from Republicans, though Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), both running for president, missed the vote. Without action by Congress, the federal government would have shut down on Thursday, the beginning of a new fiscal year.
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Ranking Member Corrine Brown Applauds House Passage of Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (SAV) Act Jan 13, 2015. Press Release. Washington D.C.- House Veterans’ Affairs Ranking Member Corrine Brown worked alongside her colleagues in the Veterans’ Affairs Committee to bring about unanimous House passage of H.R. 203, the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (SAV) Act.
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The Hill's Whip List: 36 GOP no votes on ObamaCare repeal plan The Hill's Whip List: 36 GOP no votes on ObamaCare repeal plan. By The Hill staff - 03/08/17 09:54 AM EST. House Republicans are heading to a Friday vote on their ObamaCare repeal-and-replace legislation. House Republicans had planned to vote on the bill on Thursday, the seventh anniversary of ObamaCare becoming law. But GOP leaders appeared to be short of the 215 votes they needed and delayed the vote.
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Jeff Flake Jeff Flake, in full Jeffry Lane Flake (born December 31, 1962, Snowflake, Arizona, U.S.), American politician who was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 2012 and began representing Arizona in that body the following year. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (2001–13). Quick facts about Jeff Flake.
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Sen. Mitch McConnell Sen. Mitch McConnell: key health care votes. S 3762: Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015. Sen. McConnell voted Yes, which we score as unfavorable. S 22: To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 entirely. Sen. McConnell voted Yes, which we score as unfavorable. S 223: Repealing the Health Care Bill. Sen. McConnell voted Yes, which we score as unfavorable.
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Cabinet of Donald Trump Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Susan Collins shone a spotlight on an often overlooked aspect of the current health care debate during this morning’s Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) nominee, Dr. Tom Price.
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House moves quickly on bill to renew Indian housing programs The Republican-led House voted 297 to 98 on Monday to pass H.R.360, a bill to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act. Indianz.Com SoundCloud: House Debate on H.R.360.
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- Senator The Honourable Raziah Ahmed. Mrs. Raziah Ahmed was elected President of the Senate on Tuesday February 3, 2015, during the 5th Session of the 10th Republican Parliament. She resigned with effect from August 15, 2015 in order to contest the San Fernando West constituency for the 11th Republican Parliament.
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Trump, GOP leaders lack votes to pass Obamacare repeal Trump, GOP leaders lack votes to pass Obamacare repeal. With less than 48 hours to go before a vote, the president and senior House Republicans are scrambling to corral wayward members. President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price arrive at the Capitol on Tuesday to meet with the Republican House Conference. | Getty.
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Cory Gardner He voted in favor of all variations of AHCA that came up for a vote in the Senate. The New York Times reported that in September 2017, when the GOP made another attempt to pass legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Gardner warned Republican legislators at a closed luncheon that failure to pass any repeal legislation would lead to a backlash by big donors to the Republican, as well as the grassroots.
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Richard Shelby wins Alabama U.S. Senate primary, avoids runoff Richard Shelby wins Alabama U.S. Senate primary, avoids runoff. U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., won his Republican primary race on Tuesday and garnered enough support among voters to avoid a primary election. According to preliminary results and with 99 percent of Alabama's precinct's reporting, Shelby was leading his closest challenger, former Marine Capt. Jonathan McConnell, 65 percent to 28 percent.