WASHINGTON — Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius testified Thursday at a hearing en route to her expected confirmation as health and human services secretary.
Sebelius was asked no questions about abortion, despite complaints from conservative groups about her vetoes of some abortion restrictions. Nor was Sebelius asked about what she has called “unintentional errors” on her most recent tax returns. She has paid nearly $8,000 in taxes and penalties.
Instead, Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., tried to pin Sebelius down on the key question of whether every American should be required to buy health insurance. In dodging his question, Sebelius said that she and President Barack Obama believe that all Americans should have insurance — even though Obama’s campaign proposal required just children to be covered.
The Senate is unlikely to take up the nomination until later this month.
