Mississippi Delta hospitals battle financial factors to survive
Medicare pays a 1 percent bonus on the theoretical cost of care for critical access hospitals. Greenwood is under the distance threshold for critical access designation.
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Campaigns · 118th Congress
At the Races: Bandwidth on the run
House Majority Forward, a Democratic nonprofit allied with the House leadership, launched digital ads in several districts as part of a previously announced $1 million campaign.Â
Tighter TANF requirements may be ripe for debt limit accord
The number of families receiving benefits dropped by over 50 percent during that time, however, from around 2.1 million to less than 1 million, according to Department of Health and Human Services data
Party leaders optimistic as debt limit negotiators get to work
Lawmakers are signaling they could adjust those plans to ensure they pass a bill reflecting a potential deal before June 1, when Treasury Secretary Janet L.
Earmarks increase in popularity, slightly, among GOP senators
However, the odds of disappointment are much greater for senators: appropriations leaders in both chambers have agreed to cap total earmarked dollars at 1 percent of overall discretionary spending.
House Republican deficit plan seen as shift in thinking on China
Yellen has said the U.S. could default on its debt as early as June 1 unless lawmakers lift the $31.4 trillion ceiling. Rep.
CBO sees ‘significant risk’ of debt limit breach before June 15
The report from the nonpartisan scorekeepers will likely keep the pressure on lawmakers to strike a deal to raise or suspend the debt limit before June 1, when Treasury Secretary Janet L.
Is former battleground North Carolina becoming a Florida clone?
Cooper, no doubt exhausted by constant sparring with the legislature that has worked to diminish the powers of his office from Day 1, is term-limited.
Biden, Agriculture committee leaders to discuss farm bill goals
Opponents say that expanding the age limit could put up to 1 million people at risk of losing food aid.Â
No debt deal, but Biden, Hill leaders agree to meet again
Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy didn’t appear to get any closer to agreement on how to raise the debt ceiling after a roughly hourlong meeting Tuesday afternoon, which was their first since Feb. 1.
Debt limit veterans look for hopeful signs in Tuesday’s meeting
The "x date" could be as soon as June 1, according to Treasury Secretary Janet L.
Nonprofits, lawmakers worry end of Title 42 will strain resources
Katie Britt of Alabama, the top Republican on the homeland spending panel, did not rule it out and said Biden’s requested budget for fiscal 2024, which proposed a 1 percent cut in discretionary funds to
Democratic appropriator urges end to aid to Northern Triangle countries
Power, perhaps aware that losing Torres’ support could jeopardize prospects for over $1 billion in fiscal 2024 foreign aid funding for Central America requested by the Biden administration, pleaded with
The GOP’s march of folly on the debt ceiling
As the financial abyss draws closer, there will be increasing talk about how the administration could avert the crisis through gimmicks like minting a $1 trillion platinum coin or challenging the constitutionality
Common ground on the debt limit? Here’s what to look for
Caps for the remainder of the decade would allow for 1 percent annual growth. Democrats may not agree with 1 percent but maybe they’d compromise around 2 percent, Rep. Don Bacon suggested.
Campaigns · 118th Congress
At the Races: Democrats’ Senate forecast brightens?
With Democrats needing a net gain of five seats to take back the House, the poll found a 1-point GOP edge in the generic House ballot with DeSantis at the top of the ticket, with a Republican candidate
Scope of COVID-19 funding cuts emerges as debt limit flashpoint
Perez is a freshman who flipped a GOP-held seat last November, winning the heavily contested race by less than 1 percentage point in a district former President Donald Trump carried by about 4 points two
Biden district Republicans hold their fire on debt ceiling bill
"You’re talking about Manchin’s spending proposal, pre-pandemic spending levels, and then capping it at 1 percent over the next 10 years," he said, referring to centrist Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va.
Lobbying reports show K Street is off to a strong start in 2023
Manufacturers of America, CVS Health, the American Medical Association, the American Hospital Association, CIGNA Group and America’s Health Insurance Plans — spent a combined $37.3 million from Jan. 1
Sponsored Content · 118th Congress
Advancing the potential for tobacco harm reduction.
In fact, our research estimates 53 percent of adult tobacco consumers ages 21+ are interested in completely switching from cigarettes to a smoke-free (non-combustible) tobacco product.1 According to a