Read more Cabinet secretary stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/35951/cabinet-secretary.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:41:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71205/lawmakers-get-court-date-with-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour cabinet secretaries and one GOP representative who walked out of President Obama’s joint address to Congress last month are among some 16 invitees for tomorrow’s White House fall basketball game. Rep. John Shimkus is the lone Republican on the list; that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has enough game for...http://www.newser.com/story/71205/lawmakers-get-court-date-with-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Oct 2009 22:27:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57072/gop-blocks-sebelius-confirmation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama will have to wait until at least next week to have a complete Cabinet after Senate Republicans blocked the immediate confirmation of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius yesterday, AP reports. A vote on the Health and Human Services Secretary nominee—whose appointment is fiercely opposed by anti-abortion groups—will...http://www.newser.com/story/57072/gop-blocks-sebelius-confirmation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Apr 2009 3:47:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56799/senate-panel-clears-sebelius-for-hhs-post.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt looks like President Obama will finally get his full Cabinet. A Senate panel today approved his pick of Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to be director of Health and Human Services, the Hill reports. The vote, largely along party lines, all but assures that Sebelius will be approved by the...http://www.newser.com/story/56799/senate-panel-clears-sebelius-for-hhs-post.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Apr 2009 15:56:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55241/senate-panels-tax-scrutiny-hampers-confirmations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe sheer number of tax-related problems that have slowed confirmation of Obama nominees has some insisting the process has become tougher, Time reports. Not so, says Sen. Charles Grassley. “We are vetting nominees for the current administration the same way we vetted nominees for the previous administration,” said the ranking...http://www.newser.com/story/55241/senate-panels-tax-scrutiny-hampers-confirmations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Apr 2009 14:15:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52971/pro-choice-obama-exploits-sebelius-catholicism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama is enacting a ghastly brace of pro-choice policies, including weakening "conscience protections" for doctors and adopting the “most radical possible option” on stem cell research, Michael Gerson writes for the Washington Post . And enlisting a Catholic—HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius—to help implement his agenda “smacks of religious...http://www.newser.com/story/52971/pro-choice-obama-exploits-sebelius-catholicism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Mar 2009 7:52:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51204/sebelius-is-obamas-top-pick-for-health-secretary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama has decided to pick Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to be his health secretary, the New York Times reports. The Democratic governor is now being vetted, and Obama hopes to make the announcement next week when he turns his attention from the economy to health care. One of Sebelius'...http://www.newser.com/story/51204/sebelius-is-obamas-top-pick-for-health-secretary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Feb 2009 20:18:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51144/clinton-the-campaigner-moves-to-state-for-good-or-ill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs Hillary Clinton takes over the State Department, it's worth remembering that her train-wreck presidential campaign followed an "audacious 2000 run for Senate" and an excellent record as a legislator, Michael Crowley writes for the New Republic. "The question—not only for Hillary's legacy but for US foreign policy—is...http://www.newser.com/story/51144/clinton-the-campaigner-moves-to-state-for-good-or-ill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Feb 2009 7:47:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49789/whats-the-fallout-from-daschles-withdrawal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTom Daschle gave up his nomination for Health and Human Services Secretary, raising a host of questions, Matthew Cooper writes at Talking Points Memo. Did an issue besides tax problems arise? Was the decision really Daschle’s, or the administration’s? Some other big issues: How many Obama nominees will be felled...http://www.newser.com/story/49789/whats-the-fallout-from-daschles-withdrawal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Feb 2009 14:10:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49431/obama-mulls-republican-for-commerce.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDemocrats may get their 60-seat Senate majority after all. President Obama is considering New Hampshire Republican Judd Gregg for the Commerce Secretary post Bill Richardson declined, sources tell Politico. New Hampshire’s Democratic governor would then get to appoint Gregg’s successor. Asked if he’d been offered the job, Gregg replied, “I...http://www.newser.com/story/49431/obama-mulls-republican-for-commerce.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Jan 2009 10:40:02 CST