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But the Senate has maintained the bill's earmark eligibility, and the fiscal 2026 Labor-HHS-Education law includes just under $1.4 billion within those accounts, all from the Senate.Â
↵↵Dunmoyer said Texas lawmakers are balancing the needs of state residents with the "political realities" on AI, all while the state's legislature is out of session in 2026.
↵↵For the first time ever, the 2026 Senate Labor-HHS appropriations report directed the NIH to ensure autism research includes profound autism.
↵↵Lawmakers included a slate of restrictions on pharmacy benefit managers in the fiscal 2026 appropriations law enacted late last month.
Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., touted changes in the fiscal 2026 spending package enacted this month to improve pharmacy-benefit manager pricing transparency and reduce incentives for PBMs to promote higher-priced
"It's 2026. Nothing has happened." ↵↵"I just haven't seen any evidence in our committees of Republicans being interested in this issue," Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said during the same briefing.
↵↵Related: Senators feel good about health deal, despite Hyde complications↵↵"Abandoning the most popular pro-life provision in history is a losing strategy, especially as we look toward the 2026 midterm
The House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee, in a report accompanying their fiscal 2026 bill, urged HHS in its bill report to completely defund the panel.
Administration officials have spoken with allies on Capitol Hill and think most elements would have bipartisan support and can move forward in 2026.
affordability, and nobody has really walked through what it's going to mean for those 8 million people," Wyden said, referring to an early estimate of how many people have signed up for ACA coverage for 2026
↵↵Over the weekend, Trump put another item on lawmakers' 2026 agenda when he ordered U.S. military and law enforcement personnel to carry out an audacious mission to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro
↵↵In 2026, the first year of the program, states will receive between $147 million and $281 million, with Texas securing the largest amount, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said.
The Senate on Wednesday easily cleared the fiscal 2026 defense authorization, readying the mammoth $900.6 billion measure for a presidential signature.Â
The funding package that was approved included three of the 12 regular fiscal 2026 spending bills, while Congress punted the deadlines for the remaining bills to the end of January.
​House Republican leaders released draft legislation Friday consisting of a package of health proposals aimed at reducing health care costs in 2026, setting up a possible floor vote this week.
The House cast a strong, mostly bipartisan vote Wednesday to pass the bicameral compromise version of the fiscal 2026 NDAA.Â
"I'm hoping that we can find a bill that can get 60 votes that can fix the problem with these changes for Jan. 1, 2026."
↵↵Because the tax credits and premium prices remain unsettled as open enrollment approaches closing for most states on Dec. 15, the bill would extend the plan year 2026 enrollment period until May 15,
↵↵Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum, was skeptical that much could be done for plan year 2026.
↵↵The package buys Congress 11 more weeks to ramp up funding negotiations to complete work on fiscal 2026 spending bills.