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Nancy Kassebaum, First Woman to Chair a Major Senate Panel, Dies at 94

22 août 2026 à 16:28
A moderate Republican from Kansas, she served three terms before tiring of political strife. “I couldn’t get elected today,” she said in 2013.

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Senator Nancy Kassebaum in 1995, outside her office on Capitol Hill. During the first of her three terms, she was the only woman in the Senate.

Senate Health Panel Chairman Voices Strong Reservations About F.D.A. Nominee

20 août 2026 à 10:32
Senator Bill Cassidy said Dr. Heidi Overton’s role in President Trump’s executive order on vaccines last week was “almost disqualifying.”

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Senator Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, is the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. The committee must vote to advance nominees to the Senate for confirmation.
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