Middle of the Night Vote Confirms Rep. Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services
In an overnight vote, the Senate confirmed Tom Price to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services despite ethics issues regarding lucrative stock purchases of companies his legislation would directly impact. Price's primary role at HHS is expected to be overseeing the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and rollbacks to medicare and medicaid. His past opposition to federal health care programs of all varieties appears to have been his primary positive attribute to Republicans in Congress and at the White House.
