by Jordana Choucair | Apr 4, 2022 | D.C. News
The House on Friday voted 220-204 to remove marijuana from the list of scheduled substances so that growing, selling, or possessing the drug would no longer carry criminal penalties. The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act would also create a...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 1, 2022 | D.C. News
Senator Mitt Romney announced that Republicans have struck an “agreement in principle” with Democrats on a $10 billion package to provide further COVID-19 pandemic relief. An additional $1 billion in global vaccine funding could be added, but only if other...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 1, 2022 | D.C. News
The House passed a bill to limit the cost of insulin to $35 a month for consumers enrolled in private health insurance plans or Medicare. Cost sharing for beneficiaries in private plans would be limited to either $35, or 25 percent of the health plan’s negotiated...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 31, 2022 | D.C. News
The House is expected to vote by next week on legislation to provide more than $15 billion in COVID-19 relief. The vote comes as experts warn of a new wave of infections caused by the BA.2. subvariant and funding for uninsured treatment, testing, and vaccinations...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 29, 2022 | D.C. News
President Biden released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2023, asking Congress to authorize a $26.9 billion increase for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to fund numerous health care priorities. Of the $127.3 billion in discretionary funding...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 25, 2022 | D.C. News
Senator Mitt Romney said that he is working with GOP leadership on a COVID-19 funding counterproposal after receiving a new offer from Democrats. He said the proposals contain new ways to pay for the pandemic funding, and that Democrats proposed one set of pay-fors...
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