Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Price confirmed as HHS secretary
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Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 01:28:58 -0600
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Georgia Republican Rep. Tom Price was confirmed early Friday as Health and Human Services secretary after an acrimonious Senate debate that focused on his conservative ideology and expected future role in tearing down Obamacare.

The vote fell along party lines, 52-47.

Price, a seven-term congressman and an orthopedic surgeon by trade, had solid backing from Senate Republicans. The chamber's Democrats delayed the final vote by holding the floor for the full 30 hours permitted to them under Senate rules, continuing a tactic they utilized for two other Cabinet nominations this week.

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