Inside CMS - 11/08/2018

Midterms Shake Up Senate Finance, Senate Health Remains Stable

By Ariel Cohen / November 7, 2018 at 1:23 PM
Several Senate Finance members will not return to the committee, as Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and Dean Heller (R-NV) lost their reelection bids on Tuesday night (Nov. 6), while Florida Democrat Bill Nelson on Wednesday morning called for a recount after initial tallies showed him trailing the state’s outgoing Gov. Rick Scott (R) by less than half a point. The committee will also fall under new leadership next Congress because Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) is retiring. Unlike Senate Finance, the...


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