Policy · 117th Congress
Burnout among pharmacists slows COVID-19 booster shots
Ghrouf attributes the pharmacist shortage to what he sees as low pay — he said he got a 1 percent raise and two $300 bonuses during the pandemic — and burnout.
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Campaigns · 117th Congress
Under new Nevada map, a GOP wave could swamp all three Democrats
Democrats currently have a 3-to-1 advantage in the House delegation but came within 5 points of losing two of those seats in 2020.
Congress · 117th Congress
Optimism waning in Senate about budget reconciliation vote this month
Menendez has said he won’t agree to a revenue-raising SALT plan and favors exemptions for individuals making up to $550,000 and married couples making close to but not above $1 million.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate clears expedited debt limit process, Medicare cuts delay
The legislation heading to the White House also would delay Medicare cuts that would otherwise be triggered Jan. 1, including across-the-board reductions to provider reimbursements as well as separate
Congress · 117th Congress
Schedule of Washington tributes to Bob Dole
1:15 p.m.: The motorcade carrying Dole’s casket will stop at the World War II Memorial for a public tribute ceremony. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark A.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senators question Biden nominee on fighting China and Russia
Grady’s confirmation hearing, originally scheduled for Dec. 1, was delayed a week as the Senate tried unsuccessfully to pass its own version of the annual defense policy bill.
Congress · 117th Congress
House passes compromise defense policy bill
It also would prohibit reductions to the operational capability of any B-1 bomber aircraft squadrons until the Air Force starts fielding the stealth B-21 bomber.
Congress · 117th Congress
Big companies look to Senate to ease budget bill’s minimum tax
With the likelihood the $2.2 trillion filibuster-proof package will see edits in the Senate, and a year before the tax would take effect starting on Jan. 1, 2023, pressure is likely to continue.
Policy · 117th Congress
Fudge on housing funds in reconciliation: ‘We can’t live in the past’
So the first thing we’re going to do is increase supply by building more than 1 million new housing units that will immediately bring the cost of housing down and provide people more opportunities.
Heard On The Hill · 117th Congress
Fear not cheer: That’s the holiday spirit at the Capitol
Little political will exists in Congress to end the last-minute culture that many decry, especially the tradition of blowing past the Oct. 1 deadline to fund the government and instead setting up
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate clears Feb. 18 stopgap funding bill, averts shutdown
Other Medicare cuts taking place Jan. 1, including a 2 percent “sequester” and separate reductions to reimbursements for physicians and clinical laboratory services, won’t be addressed in the CR.
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden calls for patriotic unity, pitches plan to fight omicron
“We are better positioned than we were a year ago to fight COVID-19,” Biden said, noting that last Christmas fewer than 1 percent of adults were fully vaccinated, while now over 71 percent of adults
Opinion · 117th Congress
As Biden repeats Obama’s mistakes, get ready for 2010 redux
On what will likely be top issues in the midterm election, they are underwater on every key component of people’s No. 1 issue — the economy.
Congress · 117th Congress
New stopgap funding bill likely to extend into early 2022
For instance, Democrats point out that in order to meet the 2.7 percent pay raise for troops set to take effect Jan. 1, the rest of the Pentagon budget would need to be cut.
Congress · 117th Congress
Abortion case tests Supreme Court’s rightward shift after Trump
Corrected Dec. 1 | The Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a case that asks the justices to overturn the long-standing decisions that established the right to abortion in the United States, a moment
Congress · 117th Congress
Biden makes it official: Young gets OMB director nod
The Congressional Black Caucus also backed her bid for the No. 1 slot at OMB.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Sean Parnell suspends Pennsylvania Senate campaign
President Joe Biden won the Keystone State by just 1 percentage point in 2020. Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales rates Pennsylvania as one of eight Senate battlegrounds.
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden to stay with Powell as Fed chairman
Corrected 1:39 p.m. | President Joe Biden said Monday he plans to stick with Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair, supporting continuity in leadership as annual inflation topped 6 percent last month
Congress · 117th Congress
Why Marc Morial is ‘damn worried’ about the state of American democracy
So much of the fiscal focus of the nation in the last 20 years has been, No. 1, of overseas wars, where we’ve spent $8 trillion. No. 2, tax cuts heavily skewed to the wealthiest Americans.
Congress · 117th Congress
House passes budget package after cost concerns abate
McCarthy filibuster House passage came Friday morning, after a stemwinder of a speech from Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., that went for more than 8 1/2 hours — breaking the previous record