Campaigns · 116th Congress
Health care ballot initiative votes see split results
The ballot measure also doubles taxes on cigars to $1 each, and tacks on an extra $2 in cigarette taxes, from $1.33 to $3.33 per pack.
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Policy · 116th Congress
COVID-19 trials risk excluding those most vulnerable to virus
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Policy · 116th Congress
Five more states voting this fall on legalizing marijuana
[jwp-video n=”1″] Details of state contests Two states — South Dakota and New Jersey — will be watched closely.
Policy · 116th Congress
Pandemic shines spotlight on nursing home policy
The devastating effects of the pandemic in nursing homes, where residents make up about 1 percent of the national population but 40 percent of COVID-19 deaths, is leading advocates to push Congress for
White House · 116th Congress
Trump to spend ‘a few days’ at Walter Reed after COVID-19 diagnosis
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Policy · 116th Congress
Internal documents show drugmakers’ reliance on US price hikes
The hearings culminated from 18 months of investigations involving more than 1 million pages of company documents, the committee said.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Debate fact-check: False claims amid disorderly fracas
Corrected, Oct. 1 6:45 p.m. | President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden met on the debate stage Tuesday for the first time and stretched or mangled facts on several topics.
Policy · 116th Congress
Startup finds fintech can be held back by old suspicions
The strain of creating a remittance business, on a scale of 1 to 10, is “an 11,” Alexander said in an interview with CQ Roll Call.
Congress · 116th Congress
Exclusive: Capitol Police disciplinary reports show pattern of misconduct
[jwp-video n=”1″] Mocking the deaf, others From Jan. 23, 2015, to Feb. 23, 2016, several male officers, including commanders who rank higher than sergeant, sent around 18 photoshopped images
Policy · 116th Congress
Supreme Court fight underscores campaign trail focus on health care
“Health care is the No. 1 issue that people care about. I can tell you this from being on the ground in a congressional district that Donald Trump won,” Rep.
Congress · 116th Congress
‘Skinny’ coronavirus relief bill blocked in Senate
[jwp-video n=”1″] Jobless aid, small business loans Key features of the smaller GOP bill include a $300 boost in weekly unemployment insurance benefits through Dec. 27, and a revamped Paycheck
Congress · 116th Congress
Senate GOP seeks unity ahead of Thursday vote on ‘skinny’ coronavirus relief bill
McConnell’s been trying to consolidate Senate GOP support around a smaller package after he publicly admitted that some 20 Republicans would vote against the earlier $1 trillion package he introduced
Policy · 116th Congress
Trump assertions of lower drug costs mask truth for many consumers
[jwp-video n=”1″] “Any changes that are observed over the last four years would be due to pressure at the state level, changes imposed by payers, or due to other evolutions of the marketplace
Policy · 116th Congress
Drug price spikes still unchecked, five years after controversy
[jwp-video n=”1″] Congress and, later, President Donald Trump used the public shock sparked by that incident to push to lower drug prices more broadly.
Congress · 116th Congress
Marijuana, discrimination bills on House’s September agenda, CR expected to avert shutdown
The measure would remove marijuana from the list of Schedule 1 controlled substances in all instances where it is referenced in current law, and apply this change retroactively.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
RNC fact check: Trump speech filled with falsehoods
for most of those middle- and lower-income households—on average, only a fraction of a percent of their after-tax income—and we estimate that 80 percent of the new tax revenue would come from the top 1
Campaigns · 116th Congress
RNC fact check: Questioning economic and tax claims
That would support a claim that Trump’s tax cuts and regulatory rollbacks boosted the growth by 1 percentage point above expectations in 2018 before weakening in 2019.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Even with one-party rule, Biden health care plan is no slam dunk
[jwp-video n=”1″] Agenda hinges on Democratic Congress Still, it would be a significant lift for a Democratic Congress to adopt Biden’s plan.
Congress · 116th Congress
Progressives eye ‘sea change’ at powerful House committee
The two Democrats face off in a debate Monday in advance of Massachusetts’ Sept. 1 primary. Neal has outraised Morse 4-to-1 and remains heavily favored.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
With Omar and Greene, Minnesota and Georgia primaries Tuesday test parties’ extremes
[jwp-video n=”1″] Greene was known to peddle conspiracy theories and to have ties to the QAnon movement and the Ku Klux Klan when she emerged as a clear frontrunner in the June primary.