HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Resigning (Confirmation)

ABCNews ^ | 4/11/2014 | JEFF ZELENY

[RoosterRedux]

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will announce Friday she is stepping down, ABC News has confirmed.

The president will nominate Sylvia Burwell, director of the Office of Management and Budget, to replace her.

Sebelius approached President Obama about a month ago and asked to step down after the health care sign-up numbers were released, two senior administration officials and a confidante of Sebelius' told ABC News.

The White House always worried about finding someone to win confirmation at HHS, but Burwell was overwhelmingly confirmed as budget director with a vote of 96-0 about a year ago.

Earlier today Sebelius was on Capitol Hill to announce that 400,000 additional people have chosen insurance plans through the Obamacare exchanges as of this week, raising the total number of enrollees to approximately 7.5 million.

“As of this week, 400,000 additional Americans have signed up and we expect that number to continue to grow,” Sebelius said at a Senate Finance Committee hearing Thursday.

Last week, the administration announced 7.1 million people had enrolled as of April 1.

Sebelius, a former governor of Kansas, was among Obama's earliest supporters back in 2008. Her endorsement -- over Hillary Clinton -- came at a critical time in his first race for the White House.

[ari-freedom]

The Sebelicious Knid

[so_real]

It's the whack-a-mole game. The liberals are just changing the target, buying time, draining resources. Don't change targets. Pursue Sebelius relentlessly. Make an example of her and Burwell will get the message with less time and effort required. Win, for once.

[Mannaggia l'America]

Helluva job, Sebeley!

[Iron Munro]

[Madame Dufarge]

Well, thank God that they've replaced Sebelius with someone with proven experience at destroying documents and participating in cover-ups.

The Death Panels should move along seamlessly now.