This Week in Washington: Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade and Rules in Becerra v. Empire Health Foundation...more
This Week in Washington: House Passes FDA User Fee Reauthorization Package...more
6/14/2022
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The House and Senate are in recess for Memorial Day.
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Rep. Underwood Leads 26 Democratic House Members in Letter Calling for Measures to Lower Healthcare Costs to be Included in Reconciliation...more
6/1/2022
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This Week in Washington: Senate Fails to Advance Bill Protecting Abortion Rights After Supreme Court Draft Opinion Leak...more
5/17/2022
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This Week in Washington: CMS announces the 2023 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters Final Rule...more
5/3/2022
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This Week in Washington: White House Releases National Drug Control Strategy...more
4/27/2022
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This Week in Washington: Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court...more
This Week in Washington: Senate Questions Supreme Court Justice Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson...more
This Week in Washington: President Biden Signs Omnibus Appropriations Package into Law to Fund the Federal Government Through FY 2022...more
This Week in Washington: President Biden Reiterates Healthcare Priorities and Announces Initiatives in his State of the Union Address...more
3/8/2022
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This Week in Washington: Continuing Resolution Moves Forward and Senate Sets Up Vote on FDA Commissioner Nomination this Week...more
2/15/2022
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February 8 -
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Hearing: “Lessons Learned from COVID-19: Highlighting Innovations, Maximizing Inclusive Practices and Overcoming Barriers to...more
2/8/2022
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This week in Washington: Congress makes agreement on pathway forward to raise the debt ceiling....more
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December 8 -
House Agriculture Committee, Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations Subcommittee Hearing: “Review of USDA Nutrition Distribution Programs”...more
12/7/2021
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House Passes Reconciliation Package -
On Nov. 19, the House passed the $1.7 trillion reconciliation package with a vote of 220-213. Votes came the morning after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)...more
11/23/2021
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September 27 -
House Rules Committee Meeting: to discuss H.R. 3110 — PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act, H.R. 3992 — Protect Older Job Applicants (POJA) Act and H.R. 2119 — Family Violence Prevention...more
9/28/2021
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This week in Washington: Reconciliation markups begin.
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• Need for Continuing Resolution to Fund the Government...more
9/14/2021
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This week in Washington: Senate passes infrastructure bill; Senate passes budget resolution with reconciliation instructions; Congress enters recess with House members to return Aug. 23....more
8/17/2021
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The courts continue to play an important role in health policy. 2020 saw several notable lawsuits related to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Several other Trump administration policies were challenged, including Medicare...more
8/10/2021
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This week in Washington:
Infrastructure, Executive Order on Anti-competitiveness, House Appropriations Committee Acts on Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill, Senate Budget Committee Democrats Agree on Budget Resolution....more
This week in Washington: Senate in recess, conversations continue on infrastructure and administration’s health initiatives. ...more
This week in Washington: Supreme Court dismisses challenge to the Affordable Care Act....more
This week in Washington: Talks continue on infrastructure, Senate committees moving forward on health legislation, President’s budget due the end of the week....more
This week in Washington: House and Senate return from congressional work period....more
4/13/2021
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Representatives Propose a Permanent Extension of CHIP Funding -
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is looking at ways to strengthen the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and expand Medicaid coverage. A...more
3/30/2021
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