by Jordana Choucair | Mar 11, 2022 | D.C. News
The White House said it may need to pare back its COVID-19 response without additional pandemic relief funding. According to Press Secretary Jen Psaki, the country’s testing capacity will fall and supplies of monoclonal antibodies and free services for uninsured...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 10, 2022 | D.C. News
President Biden nominated agency veteran Roselyn Tso to lead the Indian Health Services. Tso began her career with the Indian Health Service in 1984 and most recently served as director of the agency’s Navajo region. The agency, which provides health care for more...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 10, 2022 | D.C. News
The House passed a $1.5 trillion spending package, as well as a four-day stopgap measure to extend current funding levels through March 15 and ensure there’s no lapse in appropriations. Of note, the bill provides a 12 percent increase in the HHS budget that earmarks...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 9, 2022 | D.C. News
Congressional negotiators have reached a bipartisan deal on a sprawling omnibus package to fund the government, including an additional $15.6 billion in COVID-19 funding. The amount includes $10.6 billion for testing, therapeutics, and vaccines domestically and $5...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 8, 2022 | D.C. News
Lawmakers said they are nearing a deal on additional pandemic relief tied to a must-pass government funding bill. Senator Roy Blunt said the draft bill currently includes $15 billion, down from the $22.5 billion that the Biden administration requested last week for...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 7, 2022 | D.C. News
House Democrats plan to introduce a massive spending bill as soon as Tuesday that includes roughly $22.5 billion in COVID-19 relief money and about $10 billion to help bolster Ukraine. Since Republicans widely oppose additional COVID-19 relief funding, linking the two...
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