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| Sebelius Accepts Nomination to HHS Secretary |
| 2009-03-01 |
| Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius this afternoon accepted President Obama's request to become his Health and Human Services secretary, stepping into a central role in the new administration's ambitious effort to overhaul the nation's health care system. Sebelius's nomination comes just days before the White House is scheduled to convene a summit on health reform, an early step in the president's ambitious plan to vastly expand the Sebelius, the 60-year-old daughter of a former Ohio governor, served as state Insurance Commissioner before winning the 2002 governor's race. She is halfway through a second term. She is known for reaching across the aisle in her Republican-dominated state, and in her first gubernatorial bid, she chose a former Republican businessman as her running mate. Raised Roman Catholic in Ohio, Sebelius has endured fierce and often personal criticism from anti-abortion activists largely because she vetoed a bill that would have required doctors who perform late-term abortions to report a reason for the procedure. The archbishop of Kansas City asked Sebelius to stop taking the sacrament of Communion after the veto. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #11 Hell that's never stopped me WCR. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-03-01 20:08 |
| #10 I haven't had anything to say, .5M. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2009-03-01 19:04 |
| #9 Jack is Back is back! Always wanted to write that... |
| Posted by: badanov 2009-03-01 12:40 |
| #8 And here son is an entrepreneur. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2009-03-01 12:37 |
| #7 Katy couldn't stop it? WTF? Oh never minde..... Katy is a person... |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-03-01 11:29 |
| #6 Catholic League is warming up in the bull pen. This is not a no-hitter just yet. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2009-03-01 11:27 |
| #5 The power plant is back on the table in Topeka and Katy couldn't stop it this time around. Also her popularity is nile and she had no chance to become a Senator. Unfortunatly now that she is Obama she will be able to stop the power plant with federal regs. The states are losing their federalist rights, and that ain't good. |
| Posted by: bman 2009-03-01 10:58 |
| #4 Also hi thar WR! Whre you been? |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-03-01 10:04 |
| #3 No cookies for U! |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-03-01 10:03 |
| #2 Oh yeah, one more thing..... Carpet bagger. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2009-03-01 07:46 |
| #1 Let me be the first Kansan to show her the door. I think she'll be a great addition to the Obama adminstration as she pays her taxes. As far as universal health care, I'm happy she'll head it (she's no hard charger). As a governor she was mostly a seat warmer until last year when she veto'd a $1 billion powerplant for Holcomb KS. So don't let the door hit you on the way out, Katy. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2009-03-01 07:44 |