by Jordana Choucair | Aug 5, 2022 | D.C. News
Senator Kyrsten Sinema announced Thursday that she agreed to advance a modified version of the Democrats’ climate and tax bill. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he is teeing up a Saturday afternoon vote on a motion to proceed with the party’s reconciliation...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 5, 2022 | D.C. News
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report projecting that Democrats’ climate and tax bill could cut the deficit by $101.5 billion over 10 years. The CBO also indicated that the party-line drug pricing legislation will likely cause manufacturers to...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 3, 2022 | D.C. News
President Joe Biden is set today to sign his second executive order seeking to ensure access to abortion. The order directs U.S. Department Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to consider using “all appropriate actions to ensure health care...
by Jordana Choucair | Aug 2, 2022 | D.C. News
The White House announced that Robert J. Fenton Jr. will lead the nation’s monkeypox response. Fenton currently serves as a regional administrator for FEMA and has twice served as the acting administrator of FEMA. Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Director of the CDC Division...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 29, 2022 | D.C. News
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that Democrats will add a measure to lower insulin cost to the reconciliation package he negotiated with Senator Joe Manchin. It is unclear whether insulin cost reduction measures would survive the arcane Senate rules on...
by Jordana Choucair | Jul 28, 2022 | D.C. News
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Joe Manchin announced they reached a deal on a spending package that aims to lower health care costs, address climate change, and reduce the federal deficit. Just last week, Manchin said that he...
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