GOVERNMENT HEALTHCARE: ‘Troubling’ report sparks new wave of calls for VA chief’s resignation. “On Wednesday afternoon, Sen. Mark R. Udall (Colo.) became the first sitting Democratic senator to call for the resignation. He was soon joined by Sen. John Walsh (Mont.), Sen. Kay Hagan (N.C.), Sen. Al Franken (Minn.), Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), and Rep. Scott Peters (Calif.), Rep. Bruce Braley (Iowa), Rep. Ron Barber (Ariz.), Rep. Tim Ryan (Ohio) and Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (N.H.).”