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riversedge

(80,809 posts)
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 06:43 PM 19 hrs ago

White House pushes Senate to move quickly on Casey Means nomination

Source: nbc news


There is still no indication on when the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will vote on Means' nomination for surgeon general.

March 31, 2026, 11:07 AM CDT
By Berkeley Lovelace Jr., Sahil Kapur and Aria Bendix

The White House is calling on the Senate to confirm Dr. Casey Means as U.S. surgeon general "without further delay," even as President Donald Trump signaled uncertainty about her path forward.

Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday that he didn't know how Means was faring in the nomination process more than a month after her Senate confirmation hearing. "We have a lot of great candidates," he added. ...............

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There is still no clear timeline for a committee vote. Means must first be approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee before her nomination can advance to a full Senate vote.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., the committee's chairman, declined to say when the panel might act.

"No comment on Casey," Cassidy told NBC News on Thursday......................

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/white-house-pushes-senate-move-quickly-casey-means-nomination-rcna266004?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us



Trump does not seem to know what the heck is going on in his own administration!!





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White House pushes Senate to move quickly on Casey Means nomination (Original Post) riversedge 19 hrs ago OP
What a weirdo wolfie001 6 hrs ago #1
Doomed. maxsolomon 36 min ago #2

wolfie001

(7,667 posts)
1. What a weirdo
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 07:26 AM
6 hrs ago

This must be her dream on how 330 million Americans are gonna buy their milk for morning breakfast and coffee

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