by Jordana Choucair | Nov 23, 2021 | D.C. News
Vice President Kamala Harris announced that the Biden administration is investing $1.5 billion to address the health care worker shortage in underserved communities. The funding, which comes in part from the COVID-19 relief package passed earlier this year, will go to...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 23, 2021 | D.C. News
The White House announced that more than 90 percent of federal employees covered by a presidential COVID-19 vaccine mandate have received at least one vaccine dose ahead of a Monday deadline. In all, more than 95 percent of federal workers are in compliance with the...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 22, 2021 | D.C. News
The House passed President Biden’s roughly $2 trillion spending package to expand health care and bolster the nation’s social safety net by a vote of 220 to 213. Despite the pharmaceutical industry’s last-minute lobbying efforts, the drug pricing deal that would allow...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 19, 2021 | D.C. News
House Democrats delayed a vote on the $1.85 trillion spending bill after House Minority Kevin McCarthy prolonged the debate with a marathon speech in opposition that ran into Friday. McCarthy spoke for eight hours and 32 minutes, making his remarks the longest House...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 17, 2021 | D.C. News
The Biden administration filed a request to consolidate the 34 lawsuits against the administration’s vaccine and testing requirements. As a result, the Sixth Circuit will decide whether to permanently halt the mandate. A variety of plaintiffs — including Republican...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 16, 2021 | D.C. News
President Biden is facing a congressional deadline today to nominate an official to serve as the assistant secretary for the Administration for Children and Families at HHS. In addition to managing the nation’s Head Start program for low-income children, welfare, and...
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