This Week in Washington: Sen. Manchin Expresses Support for a More Limited Budget Reconciliation Package That Includes Health Provisions...more
This Week in Washington: CMS Releases the Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule...more
This Week in Washington: Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade and Rules in Becerra v. Empire Health Foundation...more
This Week in Washington: Supreme Court Rules in Favor of 340B Hospitals, FDA Approves COVID-19 Vaccines for Children Under Five...more
6/23/2022
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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.
House -
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: President Biden Invokes Defense Production Act to Increase Supply of Infant Formula...more
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: COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Extended for 90 More Days...more
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: Congress Passes Appropriations to Fund Government Through Fiscal Year 2023...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: President Biden Selects Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Nominate to the Supreme Court...more
Congress -
The House is in a district work period this week. The Senate is in a state work period this week.
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Short-Term Continuing Resolution Passes Senate and is Signed by the President -
On Feb. 18,...more
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: Senate HELP Committee Chair Patty Murray and Ranking Member Richard Burr Release Discussion Draft of Bipartisan Pandemic and Public Health Response Bill....more
2/1/2022
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This Week in Washington: President Biden and Speaker Pelosi Open to Moving Pieces of the Build Back Better Act....more
1/25/2022
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This week in Washington: Supreme Court Rules on Biden Administration Vaccine Mandates....more
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January 11 -
Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee Hearing: “Addressing New Variants: A Federal Perspective on the COVID-19 Response” 10:00 a.m....more
This week in Washington: Congress makes agreement on pathway forward to raise the debt ceiling....more