Sen. Patty Murray plans to leave her bully pulpit as chairwoman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee and seek a greater role shaping federal spending as the leader of the Senate Budget Committee.
We’re planning to speak with Murray later today. She intends to remain on Veterans Affairs, a committee that she used to draw attention to long waits for patient services in the VA and to push for improved behavioral health services in the active-duty military.
Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2012/11/15/murray-seeks-to-lead-senate-budget-committee-step-down-as-chairwoman-of-veterans-affairs/
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