Rep. Tom Price of Georgia was sworn in Friday as health and human services secretary, setting the stage for the conservative to play a leading role in dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care law. Vice President Mike Pence administered the oath to Price hours after he won Senate confirmation on a narrow 52-47 vote early Friday.
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Tom Price Is the Perfect Villain for Obamacare DefendersThe upside of …
Tom Price is an avowed supporter of cutting Medicare – one of the most popular government programs in the United States. His name adorns legislation that would repeal Medicaid expansion and shunt many with preexisting conditions into high-risk pools – two of the least popular ideas in the Obamacare-replacement debate.
Congressional leaders scramble to reassure Australia after testy Trump phone call
Top Republican figures on Capitol Hill sought to reassure Australia on Thursday following reports of a remarkably tense phone call between President Trump and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. House Speaker Paul Ryan said Australia was a ”very essential” US ally after being pressed in a morning news conference by reporters on the call, as well as on a tweet late Wednesday where Trump dismissed an agreement to accept refugees from Australia as a ”dumb deal.’