by Jordana Choucair | Dec 21, 2022 | D.C. News
The Senate voted 70 to 25 to advance the roughly $1.7 trillion fiscal 2023 omnibus spending bill. The Senate could take a final vote on the bill, which would avoid a government shutdown, as early as Wednesday evening. Both chambers are expected to pass the measure...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 20, 2022 | D.C. News
Congressional appropriators released a $1.7 trillion fiscal 2023 omnibus spending bill early Tuesday morning. The package includes several health care provisions: 1) omit 2.5 percentage points of a scheduled 4.5 percent cut to the Medicare physician fee schedule in...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 15, 2022 | D.C. News
The House of Representatives voted to pass a stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown at the end of this week. The vote was 224 to 201, with nine Republicans joining Democrats to vote in favor. The bill must now go to the Senate to be approved before it can go to...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 15, 2022 | D.C. News
The White House and the U.S. Postal Service relaunched a website that allows people to order free COVID-19 tests and have the tests mailed to their homes. The move is part of the Biden administration’s larger winter preparedness plan to manage another potential...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 12, 2022 | D.C. News
House Republicans plan to vote on a resolution that would end the coronavirus public health emergency when they officially take control of the chamber, potentially setting President Joe Biden up to issue his first veto. The Biden administration has argued that the $10...
by Jordana Choucair | Nov 18, 2022 | D.C. News
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will relinquish her leadership post, a move that marks the end of an era and sets up a shakeup for House Democrats. Pelosi’s announcement came one day after late midterm results projected Republicans will win control of the House....
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