America Now Has A Surgeon General In Spite Of NRA
Click here for reuse options!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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tiredoftea December 15th, 2014 at 19:37
Give this one to Harry Reid!
arc99 December 15th, 2014 at 19:45
made possible by the pointless showboating of Ted Cruz.
that little factoid provides some small comfort as we face the next two years of GOP control of Capitol Hill.
tiredoftea December 15th, 2014 at 20:09
Yes, but Harry took full advantage of of Teddy and McConnell. Let’s hope he can engineer such theater in the next Congress.
Jack E Raynbeau December 15th, 2014 at 22:16
I’m sure McConnell was cringing. I hope Cruz and Lee do nothing but embarrass the Republicans for the next two years.
tiredoftea December 15th, 2014 at 22:26
They are capable of nothing else.
Jack E Raynbeau December 16th, 2014 at 00:01
But… are the RWNJ’s capable of embarrassment?
tiredoftea December 16th, 2014 at 00:30
Yeah, good point.
Jack E Raynbeau December 15th, 2014 at 22:14
Don’t forget Ted’s cohort, Utah’s own Mike “Shortsale” Lee. The Teabagging Clown Posse.
tiredoftea December 15th, 2014 at 20:37
Give this one to Harry Reid!
arc99 December 15th, 2014 at 20:45
made possible by the pointless showboating of Ted Cruz.
that little factoid provides some small comfort as we face the next two years of GOP control of Capitol Hill.
tiredoftea December 15th, 2014 at 21:09
Yes, but Harry took full advantage of of Teddy and McConnell. Let’s hope he can engineer such theater in the next Congress.
Jack E Raynbeau December 15th, 2014 at 23:16
I’m sure McConnell was cringing. I hope Cruz and Lee do nothing but embarrass the Republicans for the next two years.
tiredoftea December 15th, 2014 at 23:26
They are capable of nothing else.
Jack E Raynbeau December 16th, 2014 at 01:01
But… are the RWNJ’s capable of embarrassment?
tiredoftea December 16th, 2014 at 01:30
Yeah, good point.
Jack E Raynbeau December 15th, 2014 at 23:14
Don’t forget Ted’s cohort, Utah’s own Mike “Shortsale” Lee. The Teabagging Clown Posse.
burqa December 15th, 2014 at 19:53
I am appropriately outraged.
STOP THE RACISM!
No, wait.
New surgeon general, the NRA doesn’t like him.
Ok, I like him for some reason or another because the NRA doesn’t like him for some reason or another.
But STOP THE RACISM! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – just in case there is any going on here.
AAASuperPatriot December 15th, 2014 at 20:47
I can’t make any sense of your post.
But, even so, you seem like a racist.
tracey marie December 15th, 2014 at 20:51
not a racist but most definetly drug or stoned posting
edmeyer_able December 15th, 2014 at 21:02
I wonder who “The Big Bang” will get to replace Kuprapali now?……../s
burqa December 15th, 2014 at 20:53
I am appropriately outraged.
STOP THE RACISM!
No, wait.
New surgeon general, the NRA doesn’t like him.
Ok, I like him for some reason or another because the NRA doesn’t like him for some reason or another (but I’m always suspicious of any man with no sideburns whatsoever, unless they’re bald).
But STOP THE RACISM! – – – – – – – – – – – – (just in case there is any going on here.)
AAASuperPatriot December 15th, 2014 at 21:47
I can’t make any sense of your post.
But, even so, you seem like a racist.
tracey marie December 15th, 2014 at 21:51
not a racist but most definetly drug or stoned posting
edmeyer_able December 15th, 2014 at 22:02
I wonder who “The Big Bang” will get to replace Kuprapali now?……../s
Obewon December 15th, 2014 at 19:55
Excellent choice! Murthy Ph.D. is a Harvard- and Yale-educated physician. But the Republiklan xenophobes scoffed “some of you look Asian to me”-said (R- NV) Senate wannabe Sharon Angle on the stump at an American Latino outreach, and was booted back into her stone age dementia for not realizing why just 5% of scientists are self-described conservatives vs 59% of scientists who are Dems.
Obewon December 15th, 2014 at 20:55
Excellent choice! Murthy Ph.D. is a Harvard- and Yale-educated physician. But the Republiklan xenophobes scoffed “some of you look Asian to me”-said (R- NV) Senate wannabe Sharon Angle on the stump at an American Latino outreach. She was then booted back into her stone age dementia for not realizing why just 5% of scientist Ph.D.’s are self-described conservatives vs 59% of scientists who are Dems.
Carla Akins December 15th, 2014 at 20:02
I must have been sleeping, I hadn’t realized hell had frozen over.
Carla Akins December 15th, 2014 at 21:02
I must have been sleeping, I hadn’t realized hell had frozen over.
Tim Coolio December 15th, 2014 at 20:05
Good deal here, go over the heads of the rightwing gun nuts, America will get better “in spite” of the NRA and the republicans!
Tim Coolio December 15th, 2014 at 21:05
Good deal here, go over the heads of the rightwing gun nuts, America will get better “in spite” of the NRA and the republicans!
Hirightnow December 15th, 2014 at 20:22
Yays!
Thanks, Ted!
Hirightnow December 15th, 2014 at 21:22
Yays!
Thanks, Ted!
AAASuperPatriot December 15th, 2014 at 20:38
Thanks GOP for blocking a surgeon general during the ebola crisis.
AAASuperPatriot December 15th, 2014 at 21:38
Thanks GOP for blocking a surgeon general during the ebola crisis.
edmeyer_able December 15th, 2014 at 20:41
Finally we can start confiscating some guns.
AAASuperPatriot December 15th, 2014 at 20:48
Exactly. That’s what the Surgeon General does. He shows up at your house and takes away your guns.
Hirightnow December 15th, 2014 at 22:10
THEY JUST TOOK MINE!!! I SMILED AND SIGNED THE OBAMA PLEDGE!
Jack E Raynbeau December 15th, 2014 at 22:18
My house is a mess so I just mailed in my guns.
edmeyer_able December 15th, 2014 at 21:41
Finally we can start confiscating some guns.
AAASuperPatriot December 15th, 2014 at 21:48
Exactly. That’s what the Surgeon General does. He shows up at your house and takes away your guns.
Hirightnow December 15th, 2014 at 23:10
THEY JUST TOOK MINE!!! I SMILED AND SIGNED THE OBAMA PLEDGE!
Jack E Raynbeau December 15th, 2014 at 23:18
My house is a mess so I just mailed in my guns.
AAASuperPatriot December 15th, 2014 at 20:51
Thank you Ted Cruz.
Because of your self-serving politics, you let Harry Reid get some nominees passed.
You must be the most loathed man in D.C. right now. Good luck with the presidential run.
AAASuperPatriot December 15th, 2014 at 21:51
Thank you Ted Cruz.
Because of your self-serving politics, you let Harry Reid get some nominees passed.
You must be the most loathed man in D.C. right now. Good luck with the presidential run.
arc99 December 15th, 2014 at 21:03
Here is all I need to know about the suitability of Dr. Murthy for the office of Surgeon General. His nomination had the strong support of dozens of health organizations throughout the country.
The opinion of the medical community carries a lot more weight than the opinions of partisan politicians carrying water for the NRA. Or at least it should, and fortunately in this case, it did.
http://healthyamericans.org/health-issues/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/SG-support-sign-on-final.pdf
Dr. Murthy’s nomination has received broad support from the medical and public
health communities, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physicians, the New England Journal of Medicine, the American Hospital Association, and the American Cancer Society.
arc99 December 15th, 2014 at 22:03
Here is all I need to know about the suitability of Dr. Murthy for the office of Surgeon General. His nomination had the strong support of dozens of health organizations throughout the country.
The opinion of the medical community carries a lot more weight than the opinions of partisan politicians carrying water for the NRA. Or at least it should, and fortunately in this case, it did.
http://healthyamericans.org/health-issues/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/SG-support-sign-on-final.pdf
Dr. Murthy’s nomination has received broad support from the medical and public
health communities, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physicians, the New England Journal of Medicine, the American Hospital Association, and the American Cancer Society.