Policy · 117th Congress
Medicaid expansion fight resurfaces in states
New federal incentives to expand Medicaid coverage do not appear to be enough to convince 12 holdout states to broaden eligibility.
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Policy · 117th Congress
Insurers ask: Who pays when self-driving vehicles crash?
Federal regulator says it’s investigating 34 crashes involving advanced driver assistance systems, most of them related to Teslas.
Policy · 117th Congress
State bills banning private immigration detention gain traction
With Congress deadlocked on immigration, more state legislatures are moving to stop private contractors from running ICE detention centers.
Policy · 117th Congress
Efforts to protect kids online gain bipartisan momentum
A 1998 law aimed at protecting children online could be headed for an overhaul, and Silicon Valley will be watching intently.
Policy · 117th Congress
Durbin, Padilla urge Garland to protect immigration judges’ union
Senate Judiciary Committee leaders called on the attorney general to protect an immigration judges' union and reverse Trump-era efforts to dismantle it.
Policy · 117th Congress
Parents getting kids shots left out of COVID-19 paid leave options
The Biden administration and some employers have not extended COVID-19 vaccine paid leave policies to parents helping kids get shots.
Policy · 117th Congress
Toomey: Housing doesn’t fit in bipartisan infrastructure plan
Toomey said a bipartisan bill needs to fund “real physical infrastructure,” and that did not include housing. HUD Secretary Fudge disagreed.
Policy · 117th Congress
Sanders says US physician shortage is a ‘solvable problem’
Senators on both sides agree that Congress should work to address the nation’s physician shortages, especially in primary health care.
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden’s pick to head Census blends statistical, advocacy work
Robert Santos, a vice president at the Urban Institute, is on the verge of becoming the first Latino director of the U.S. Census Bureau.
Policy · 117th Congress
Investors object to CEO pay in judgment on pandemic response
Investors are more likely to reject proposed CEO pay this year as they demand compensation that reflects pandemic performance.
Policy · 117th Congress
‘Ad hoc responses’ take toll on US immigration policy, Meissner says
Former INS Commissioner Doris Meissner talks about the immigration challenges facing the Biden administration.
Policy · 117th Congress
Executives defend quality control at troubled COVID-19 vaccine plant
Revelations emerged about sanitation lapses, the role of a Trump official in Emergent BioSolutions's contracts and their own bonuses.
Policy · 117th Congress
Children face added mental health struggles during pandemic
Lawmakers have introduced a number of mental health proposals but have been largely focused on adults, who may have different needs.
Policy · 117th Congress
White House commission on Supreme Court to seek comments, debate changes
The White House commission plans full days of testimony from panels, and as many as 24 witnesses over those two, two-day periods.
Policy · 117th Congress
Citizenship rules eased for kids born abroad to same-sex couples
The State Department revised a rule that had denied birthright citizenship to some children born overseas via IVF or surrogacy.
Policy · 117th Congress
Federal charter for Paxos edges fintech into banking system
OCC's preliminary approval of a bank charter for a fintech company that has critics worried about it is skirting the rules.
Policy · 117th Congress
Amid violence in Mideast, Democrats torn over proposed weapons sale to Israel
A trend of Democrats becoming more willing to publicly criticize Israel became more pronounced over the past week.
Policy · 117th Congress
‘There’s no turning back’: Biden gets behind the wheel to promote electric cars
Biden traveled to the heart of car country to promote his plans for accelerating America’s production and adoption of electric vehicles.
Policy · 117th Congress
House sends anti-Asian hate crimes bill to Biden
The measure would make it easier to track hate crimes amid a spike in anti-Asian violence since the start of the pandemic.
Policy · 117th Congress
Ransomware wreaks havoc by mimicking Tupperware parties of old
Ransomware has become a service in which hackers who want to make money by stealing online information trade advice and share the profits.