President Barack Obama’s choice for energy secretary, Ernest Moniz, looked set to sail through the confirmation process on Tuesday but avoided taking a position on natural-gas exports. Source: WSJ.com: Politics And Policy
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Why Republican senators like Obama’s Medicare nominee
For the first time in nearly a decade, the top spot at one of the federal government’s most important agencies is close to getting filled. The Senate Finance Committee met Tuesday to consider the nomination of Marilyn Tavenner, President Obama’s pick to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This is an agency with… Read more »
Here are four questions senators should ask Obama’s Medicare nominee
Welcome to Health Reform Watch, Sarah Kliff’s regular look at how the Affordable Care Act is changing the American health-care system — and being changed by it. You can reach Sarah with questions, comments and suggestions here. Check back every Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoon for the latest edition — and read all previous columns… Read more »
Energy Secretary Nominee Faces Tough Natural Gas Decision
Rick Friedman/Polaris/Newscom If confirmed as the next Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary, Dr. Ernest Moniz will take over an agency that has increasingly injected itself into making investment decisions with taxpayer money that would be more efficiently made by the private sector. The Heritage Foundation disagrees with many of the policy recommendations Dr. Moniz has… Read more »