Senate committee to vote next week on Regina Benjamin nomination - al.com

Senate committee to vote next week on Regina Benjamin nomination - al.com: "WASHINGTON — Although her prospects are now tangled up in an unrelated Medicare dispute, the Senate health committee plans to vote next week on Dr. Regina Benjamin's nomination for U.S. surgeon general, a committee spokeswoman confirmed Thursday.

President Barack Obama chose Benjamin, the founder of a Bayou La Batre health clinic, for the job as the nation's top health educator in mid-July.

If the committee signs off Wednesday, Benjamin's nomination will go to the full Senate for a final confirmation vote."