VA secretary: GOP-backed burn pit amendments would lead to 'rationing of care for vets'
Proposed amendments by Republican senators to a bill aimed at aiding veterans exposed to toxic burn pits would results in “rationing of care for vets,” Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough said on Sunday. “I can't in good conscience do that, because the outcome of that will be rationing of care for vets, which is something I just can't sign up for,” McDonough told Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) appeared on the show earlier S
Read MoreBarrasso says Sinema 'not going to easily be twisted' on Manchin-Schumer deal: 'This is far from done'
Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) on Sunday said the new spending deal between Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced last week is "far from done," with suggesting possible opposition from moderate Sen. Kysrten Sinema (D-Ariz.). Barrasso told Fox News "Sunday Morning Futures" host Maria Bartiromo that Sinema "felt blindsided" by the Inflation Reduction Act, which was announced last week and shocked Capitol Hill.
Read MoreArizona House Speaker doubles back, says he'll 'never' vote for Trump again
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Read MoreGottlieb predicts monkeypox will become public health failure
Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb penned an op-ed in the New York Times published on Saturday arguing that the United States lacks a federal infrastructure capable of dealing with public health emergencies like monkeypox and COVID-19. “Our country’s response to monkeypox has been plagued by the same shortcomings we had with Covid-19,” Gottlieb wrote in the op-ed. “Now if monkeypox gains a permanent foothold in the United States and b
Read MoreTrump-backed GOP Michigan governor candidate says she disagrees with DeVos on Jan. 6
Michigan gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon said Sunday that she disagrees with former education secretary Betsy DeVos, whose family has backed Dixon’s campaign, about the role former president Trump played in the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S. Capitol. “The secretary knows that she and I differ on that subject. I want to make sure that political speech is always protected because that could open a can of worms for anybody on both sides of the party. But the secretary knows that I d
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