He’s been a longtime congressman and an orthopedic surgeon, and now Tom Price has a new title: secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
After 30 hours of debate, the Senate voted 52 to 47 along party lines in the early morning hours Friday to confirm President Donald Trump’s pick to oversee HHS. Democrats objected to Price’s nomination from the start over concerns of potential conflicts of interest and his stance on health policies, but couldn’t persuade a single Republican senator to vote against him.
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