Congress · 118th Congress
Congress trims funding for Pentagon ‘chem-bio’ programs
“Spending one-quarter of 1 percent of the Pentagon budget on this vital mission is negligence,” Weber said in an interview. “This is a national security imperative.”
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Policy · 117th Congress
Pediatricians beg for more federal help to fight wave of RSV
Just 1 percent of all hospitals receive funding from the program, but they train roughly half of all pediatric residents and fellows, according to data from the Children’s Hospital Association.
Policy · 117th Congress
Possible end of emergency spurs debate on Medicaid
That ship has done sailed’ The Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama estimates that expansion would cost the state an average of $225 million per year through 2027, but would result in more than $1
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden ponders marijuana moves as states forge ahead
Corrected 1:37 p.m. | Five states will vote next week on whether to join the 21 states and territories that have legalized recreational marijuana for adults.
Policy · 117th Congress
FDA advisory committee votes to pull drug for premature births
A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee in a rare move on Wednesday voted 14-1 to pull the only available drug aimed at lowering the risk of premature births from the market, citing a lack of
Congress · 117th Congress
Auditors: Senior appropriators’ states dominate earmark tally
The Pentagon and Department of Health and Human Services both also received over $1 billion, getting just under $1.3 billion each.
Congress · 117th Congress
House passes package of bills to address policing, crime issues
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, voted present, and the rule passed on a 216-215-1 vote, which allowed debate to begin.
White House · 117th Congress
COVID-19 response is not ‘over’ even if Biden says pandemic is
As of Wednesday, more than 1 million COVID-19 deaths had been reported in the United States. Republicans have been citing the president’s comments about the state of the pandemic, with Rep.
Congress · 117th Congress
White House $47B supplemental request seeks COVID, Ukraine funding
Congress reconvenes next week to start working on stopgap funding legislation on which President Joe Biden’s signature is required before Oct. 1 in order to avert a partial government shutdown.
Policy · 117th Congress
States watch Texas to determine impact of abortion bans
The state implemented its ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy on Sept. 1, 2021 — one year ago today, and nine months before the court’s Dobbs v.
Policy · 117th Congress
FDA greenlights new COVID-19 booster despite limited data
Both Australia and Switzerland authorized Moderna’s BA.1 shot this week.
Policy · 117th Congress
Federal officials hopeful about monkeypox trajectory
Nearly 1 in 5 respondents said they had received at least one dose of the monkeypox vaccine, with uptake highest among Hispanic or Latino men, at 27.1 percent.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Biden rally blasts GOP, but real midterm effect will come on the road
won with more than 79 percent of the vote in 2020, included a rally at a Rockville high school and an earlier fundraising stop at a private residence in Bethesda that a DNC official said would raise $1
Congress · 117th Congress
Earmarks’ future unclear as Republicans split ahead of midterms
Republicans voted in March 2021 to allow conference members to request earmarks after Democrats announced they would be bringing the practice back with public disclosure of all requests and a cap at 1
Congress · 117th Congress
Earmarks in Senate bills favor small states, retiring senators
That’s because $16 billion would be within the 1 percent ceiling on total discretionary funds set aside for earmarks across the dozen bills.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate Democrats make their move on fiscal 2023 appropriations
The bills, which were drafted without a bipartisan agreement on funding levels, amount to a wish list of $1.67 trillion in discretionary spending for fiscal 2023, which begins Oct. 1.
Congress · 117th Congress
Lobbying ramps up around new health agency headquarters
Congress officially enacted ARPA-H with $1 billion in the fiscal 2022 omnibus spending package, but competing bills in the House and Senate would fill in the details of how the agency would operate, how
Policy · 117th Congress
National 988 crisis hotline readied for rollout
Delphin-Rittmon, assistant Health and Human Services secretary for mental health and substance use, said funding from the 2021 COVID-19 relief law allowed the lifeline, still at 1-800-273-TALK, to answer
Congress · 117th Congress
House spending bills spread around $8 billion worth of earmarks
Leahy, D-Vt., total earmarked funds can’t exceed 1 percent of the overall pot of discretionary funds subject to appropriation, which is $1.6 trillion.
Congress · 117th Congress
Resurrected budget package no slam dunk as negotiations heat up
(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo) The slimmed-down measure under discussion would raise about $1 trillion in new tax revenue — down from roughly $1.5 trillion in the House-passed “Build Back Better