Republicans help Biden NIH pick advance to Senate vote despite Sanders opposition

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Republicans on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee voted with the Democratic majority on Wednesday morning to advance President Joe Biden‘s nominee for director of the National Institutes of Health, Monica Bertagnolli, despite strong opposition from committee chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

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