Monday, January 31, 2022: D.C. News

Senators Patty Murray and Richard Burr are seeking a speedy path forward for their pandemic preparedness bill. Advocates close to the discussions say that it could be tied to other proposals on biomedical research that are in the mix, or that parts of the plan could...

Thursday, January 27, 2022: D.C. News

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire at the end of the term, clearing the way for President Joe Biden to name his first nomination to the high court. Biden has vowed to fill the vacancy with an African American woman, which would represent a historic...

Wednesday, January 26, 2022: D.C. News

The Senate Health Committee leadership unveiled bipartisan legislation aimed at improving the U.S. preparedness for pandemics. The legislation would bolster disease surveillance capabilities, clarify the role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),...

Wednesday, January 26, 2022: D.C. News

The Biden administration withdrew its employer vaccine-or-test mandate after the Supreme Court blocked the requirement from being enforced, ruling that it was a federal overreach. The motion asked to have the existing lawsuits that were filed against the employer...

Tuesday, January 25, 2022: D.C. News

The Biden administration says it will not be enforcing the federal employee vaccine mandate amid ongoing litigation. The move comes after a Texas federal judge on Friday blocked the enforcement of the vaccine mandate for government employees. The judge called the...

Thursday, January 20, 2022: D.C. News

President Joe Biden said Democrats will likely have to break up their roughly $2 trillion social spending bill, which includes multiple health care provisions, in order to get it through Congress. Biden also defended his COVID-19 response, saying that his...