America Now Has A Surgeon General In Spite Of NRA

Posted by | December 15, 2014 19:30 | Filed under: Politics Top Stories

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Vivek Murthy is the new Surgeon General of the United States, even though the National Rifle Association did all it could to stop the nomination.

Murthy is a Harvard- and Yale-educated physician, and has identified obesity and chronic disease as areas of focus for his tenure. He will be the first Indian American to hold the position.

The Senate voted, 51-43, to confirm Murthy for the nation’s top public health post, which has been vacant since July 2013.

Sen. Mark Kirk (Ill.) was the lone Republican to vote for Murthy, while three Democrats voted against him: Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Joe Donnelly (Ind.) and Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.). Murthy needed just a simple majority vote based on the rules changes enacted by the Senate last year. A group of doctors watched Murthy’s vote from the gallery and broke out into cheers and applause when it was clear that he had been confirmed.

Murthy’s confirmation represents a defeat for the NRA, which mounted fierce opposition to his nomination earlier this year because of previous statementscharacterizing guns as a “health care issue.” Although Murthy cleared the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in March, several Democrats who faced tough re-election battles had threatened to oppose his nomination if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) brought it to the floor.

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54 responses to America Now Has A Surgeon General In Spite Of NRA

  1. fancypants December 15th, 2014 at 23:19

    you always have to get down to business after the gop joke was read

  2. fancypants December 16th, 2014 at 00:19

    you always have to get down to business after the gop joke was read

  3. rg9rts December 16th, 2014 at 01:50

    Amazing how many non elected groups dictate policy….NRA…Citi…

  4. rg9rts December 16th, 2014 at 02:50

    Amazing how many non elected groups dictate policy….NRA…Citi…

  5. allison1050 December 16th, 2014 at 07:36

    Happy to know that Sleepy Time Reid woke up long enough to do something other than just threaten.

  6. allison1050 December 16th, 2014 at 08:36

    Happy to know that Sleepy Time Reid woke up long enough to do something other than just threaten.

  7. Suzanne McFly December 16th, 2014 at 09:04

    Good job, let the gun collection begin……./s

  8. Suzanne McFly December 16th, 2014 at 10:04

    Good job, let the gun collection begin……./s

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