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Senate clears spending measure, leaves other major bills unfinished (opens the original)
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The Senate adjourned for its summer recess early Saturday after approving a stopgap spending bill but declining to advance legislation that would require photo ID for voting. In a rare overnight session that began on Friday, senators trudged through a slew of measures, confirmed President Donald Trump’s nomination of Todd Blanche as attorney general and then departed the nation’s capital for the coveted August recess. The chamber is not expected to return to regular session until after Labor Day
CDC gets a new chief as agency faces questions over its direction (opens the original)
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Dr. Erica Schwartz will be the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after the Senate confirmed her nomination Wednesday. The Senate confirmed, 51-44, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the national public health agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, which has taken heat over the vaccine-skeptical agenda pursued by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. That agenda marked a central theme of Schwartz’s tense confirmation hearing in July before the Senat
Critics argue Education's latest restructuring risks something harder to replace than staff (opens the original)
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Senate Democrats on Tuesday rebuked the Department of Education’s efforts to transfer its special education programs and civil rights enforcement to other agencies. Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, convened a panel of advocates and former department officials in Republican and Democratic administrations to blast the department’s moves, which represent a key step in President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the Education Department. Education announced in June that the Department of Health and Hu
CDC nominee clears key Senate hurdle despite vaccine scrutiny (opens the original)
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Dr. Erica Schwartz got a step closer in her bid to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after a key U.S. Senate panel propelled her nomination to the Senate floor Thursday. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted, 13-10, to advance Schwartz’s nomination with all GOP members backing her bid. President Donald Trump nominated Schwartz in April. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., was the only Democrat on the panel who voted to move her nomination forward. Thursday’s vo
Former Education officials warn agency transfers could undermine core functions (opens the original)
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Former Education Department officials in Republican and Democratic administrations sounded the alarm Monday over the agency’s efforts to outsource its special education programs and civil rights enforcement to other agencies. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., convened the former officials, along with advocates and educators, at a virtual press conference to blast those sweeping moves, which are part of a broader effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to dismantle the 46-year-old Education D
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