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WASHINGTON Republicans are getting ready to pick another fight about ObamaCare, this time over President Obamas new choice to oversee the national health plan.

Obama announced Friday that hed nominate Sylvia Mathews Burwell to succeed Kathleen Sebelius as Health and Human Services secretary.

Burwell, who runs the Office of Management and Budget, is well regarded by both parties for helping work out a budget deal, but she wont necessarily be spared a grilling in the Senate, where Republicans will try to get her on record about the problems with the health-care laws rollout.

I think Burwell presents an ideal opportunity to examine the failures that are ObamaCare, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said on Fox News.

One senior Senate aide said Republicans see confirmation as an opportunity to litigate the major problems with ObamaCare.

But stopping Burwells confirmation would be a tall order. Democrats, who have 55 votes in the Senate, could push her through with a simple 51-vote majority.

Obama praised Sebelius Friday at a Rose Garden ceremony where she lost a page of her farewell speech.

Unfortunately, a page is missing, Sebelius blurted out.

The president admitted Sebelius got bumps and he got bruises during the rollout but said she would go down in history for overseeing a massive expansion of health care.

Her team at HHS turned the corner, got it fixed, got the job done, and the final score speaks for itself, he said, referring to the 7.5 million who signed up for coverage.

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The Liberals have won back the district of Virginia Waters. In a very close race between Cathy Bennett and Danny Breen that was separated by only 40 votes, it came down to the last poll. For the PCs and NDP it was a crushing defeat, but for the Liberals, their third straight byelection victory. VOCM's Fred Hutton reports.

It was close, but in the end Cathy Bennett won the byelection in Virginia Waters by just 40 votes. While Bennett took the lead early on and didn't look back, it actually came down to the last poll.

The dramatic moment was broadcast live on VOCM as reported by Linda Swain. Less than 50 per cent of the 9,853 people who were eligible to vote cast ballots. Here's a final rundown. Cathy Bennett (LIB): 1932 votes, Danny Breen (PC): 1892 votes, Sheilagh O'Leary (NDP): 1021 votes.

In her victory speech, Bennett thanked her family and campaign workers and vowed to work hard for people of the district. For Liberal Leader Dwight Ball, it was a very satisfying victory.

Danny Breen will take his seat back in the council chambers. He says it's been a busy few weeks and he will take some time before deciding whether he'll run again. Breen says he thinks Bennett's head start in her bid to be Liberal leader could have had some impact on the result, but he says the momentum shifted back in his favour considerably over the last week. He says someone had to win and someone had to lose; it's just part of the game.

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RWW News: Wayne Allyn Root Claims Democrats Voted 4-10 Times Each In 2012
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