by Jordana Choucair | Dec 20, 2021 | D.C. News
Senator Joe Manchin said he will not vote for the Build Back Better Act, effectively ending negotiations on the legislation that would expand the nation’s social safety net. Manchin has always been a key holdout on the legislation, sharing concerns over certain...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 17, 2021 | D.C. News
President Biden acknowledged that negotiations over his Build Back Better bill are poised to drag on into 2022 despite efforts to get it done before Christmas. “It takes time to finalize these agreements, prepare the legislative changes, and finish all the...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 16, 2021 | D.C. News
A federal appeals court effectively revived the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for health workers at hospitals that receive federal funding in roughly half of the U.S. The procedural ruling by the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 14, 2021 | D.C. News
Democratic senators dropped House-passed cuts to Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments in their version of the social spending bill. The House bill would have reduced payments, which go to hospitals in the 12 states that haven’t expanded...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 14, 2021 | D.C. News
Six former FDA commissioners sent a letter to lawmakers endorsing Dr. Robert Califf, President Biden’s pick to lead the agency, ahead of a Senate committee hearing today on his nomination. The former commissioners, who served under both Republican and Democratic...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 13, 2021 | D.C. News
A sharply divided Supreme Court gave abortion providers a narrow legal pathway Friday to challenge a Texas law that effectively bans the procedure after about six weeks. In a 5-4 decision, the majority upheld the current law but said that abortion providers could...
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