News from Washington Biden: “The Pandemic Is Over” President Biden declared the COVID-19 pandemic “over” in an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” airing Sunday evening. “We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still doing a lot of work on it … but the pandemic is over,” Biden said. Last month, the Biden administration […]
News from Washington Many Preventive Medical Services Cost Patients Nothing. Will a Texas Court Decision Change That? A federal judge’s ruling in Texas has thrown into question whether millions of insured Americans will continue to receive some preventive medical services, such as cancer screenings and drugs that protect people from HIV infection, without making […]
News from Washington Control of the Senate Is Now a Coin Flip: These Are the 7 Midterm Election Races to Watch Political analysts originally projected November to be close to a blowout victory for Republicans across the board in the face of low approval ratings for President Joe Biden and high inflation. But a […]
News from Washington Red Wave Hits Breaker: GOP Midterm Worries RiseRepublican worries of a midterm flop are growing heading into the critical post-Labor Day campaign season, with analysts who had previously predicted massive GOP gains shifting their forecasts toward Democrats. RealClearPolitics averages of polls measuring whether voters would prefer Republican or Democratic control of Congress show the […]
News from Washington Biden Signs Expansive Health, Climate Bill into Law President Biden signed into law a sweeping bill to lower health care costs and address climate change on August 16, sealing a legislative victory more than a year in the making. The $740 billion bill was significantly slimmed down from the original $3.5 trillion package […]
News from Washington House Approves Sweeping Climate, Tax, Health Care Package House Democrats passed their sweeping tax, climate and health care bill on August 12, sending the $740 billion legislation to President Biden’s desk and securing a significant victory for Democrats less than three months before the midterm elections. House passage came four days after […]
Much has been said in the news media about the insulin-related provisions in the Senate-passed version of the “Inflation Reduction Act,” the slimmed down version of the “Build Back Better Act” (H.R. 5376) passed by the House of Representatives last Fall. Most of the attention has been focused on the procedural move that Republican Senators […]
News from Washington Senate Passes Sweeping Tax, Climate Package After Marathon Vote; Harris Breaks Tie Senate Democrats have passed their sweeping tax, health care and climate change legislation after a marathon night of voting, with Vice President Harris casting the decisive vote to break a 50-50 deadlock and send the package to the House. The long-awaited […]
News from Washington Manchin, Schumer Announce Slimmed-Down Deal on Climate, Taxes, Health Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) struck a climate, health and tax package deal, weeks after Manchin seemingly had scuttled any chance of an agreement. The deal will be part of the budget reconciliation package that Senate […]
News from Washington Democrats’ Policy Package to Include Prescription Drug Cost Controls and Obamacare Fix Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that prescription drug cost controls and an Obamacare fix are the components Democrats will seek in a fast-track domestic policy bill. Democrats are seeking to keep in place increased financial assistance for people […]