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The members write: “We recently received reports that Medicare awarded DME (Durable Medical Equipment) contracts in Tennessee to suppliers not licensed to serve Medicare beneficiaries in the state....
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Sponsors of Mental Health Bills Look for Way Forward The decision to tie mental health legislation to the Senate gun package that was pulled from the floor last month has left supporters of those...
2013/05/20 13:17
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Burr challenges CU gradsPublished 9:00am Monday, May 20, 2013 University Relations MURFREESBORO – Chowan University celebrated its 165th Commencement ceremony with a special guest, United States...
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Loading Slideshow Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) speaks during a news conference September 8, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty...
2013/05/17 12:19
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Forty years ago today, televised hearings of the Senate Watergate Committee started, hearings in which the gentleman from Tennessee, U.S. Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr., famously asked, “What did the...
2013/05/17 02:43
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans said Thursday they would not support five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board, raising the possibility the troubled agency could be rendered mostly...
2013/05/17 01:29
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By comparison, all but one of President George W. Bush's 11 initial second-term appointments were confirmed by the end of April, even though his party held no more Senate seats than Democrats control...
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Which one might damage President Obama the most? Former vice president Dick Cheney, in a phone interview Monday night with Fox News’s Sean Hannity, leaned toward Benghazi, calling it “one of the...
2013/05/16 22:05
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A second federal appeals court has found that President Barack Obama exceeded his power when he bypassed the Senate to install a member to the National Labor Relations Board. The...
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The members wrote: “The Secretary’s actions show an apparent disregard for constitutional principles and may violate the Antideficiency Act, the prohibition against augmenting congressional...
2013/05/16 21:07
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... Physicist Ernest Moniz won unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to be the nation's new energy secretary. Moniz, 68, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, replaces Steven...
2013/05/16 20:49
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AdvertisementIf they stand, hundreds of decisions by these agencies could be thrown out. The narrow interpretation of a president's recess appointment power would also effectively make it impossible...
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Energy secretary nominee Ernest Moniz (Manuel Balce Ceneta - AP) The Senate unanimously confirmed Ernest Moniz, a scientist and professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to be secretary of...
2013/05/16 20:17
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WASHINGTON -- Democrats and Republicans quickly squared off Thursday over the confirmation of Labor Secretary nominee and Marylander Tom Perez -- preparing for a fight that is likely to intensify...
2013/05/16 18:59
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U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander, the ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Thursday said he would oppose the nominations of Sharon Block and Richard Griffin to the...
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Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tn.), the ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on Thursday voted to oppose moving the nomination of Thomas Perez out of committee...
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It is unclear at this point how soon, if at all, the full Senate would move to confirmation votes for either nominee. A Senate leadership aide said no vote is likely until after the week-long Memorial...
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The Senate on Wednesday approved President Obama’s pick to lead the nation’s Medicare agency, sending it a permanent leader for the first time in several years as the nation inches closer to sweeping...
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Posted: 10:45 am Thu, May 16, 2013 By Associated PressWASHINGTON — A Senate panel has endorsed the nomination of Justice Department official Thomas Perez to head the Labor Department despite...