Policy · 119th Congress
Defining ‘ultraprocessed’ could spur research, school lunch rules
The scale has been useful over the years to measure processing, but it falls short in considering the effect on health.
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Congress · 119th Congress
Final fiscal 2026 spending bills pass House; Senate up next
↵↵The rule came under threat partly because of a push from farm-state Republicans who were advocating for a provision allowing year-round sales of gasoline containing a higher percentage of corn-derived
Trump chooses former Sen. Kelly Loeffler for SBA
Loeffler held marketing and operations roles at Toyota Motor Sales USA before moving into financial services, according to Loeffler’s profile in CQ Politics in America.
FactCheck updates how the US has performed under Biden
In its Short-Term Energy Outlook for July, the agency said it expects production to average 13.2 million barrels per day in 2024 and 13.8 million barrels a day in 2025.
Congress · 117th Congress
Sweeping budget package passes Senate; House on deck Friday
Manchin identified three goals he was willing to pursue in those negotiations: lowering prescription drug costs; shoring up fossil fuels in the short term and transitioning to more clean energy sources
Congress · 117th Congress
Cannabis advocates push senators to ease draft bill’s tax burden
But that measure would offer no credit for early sales and includes a lower tax rate of 8 percent after five years, along with a $1,000 per-site tax.
Congress · 117th Congress
Lawmakers face pressure to pass mental health legislation
aspirational and say that if Congress were to actually meet the scope of the needs, a figure more in the $100 billion range over 10 years, similar to the approach taken with HIV/AIDS, would still fall short
Policy · 116th Congress
Business lobbies prod Congress on COVID relief
The Beer Institute, a lobbying group for large and small brewers, estimates a $22 billion drop in sales.
Policy · 116th Congress
Farm support holds for Trump, but Biden may find inroads
Biden could deliver some agriculture sales abroad, reversing setbacks that followed Trump’s trade wars and the economic slowdown from the pandemic.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
DNC fact check: Biden speech needs context on pandemic, tax cuts and Social Security
But it’s not clear what Trump would do, and his aides say he was referring only to making a short-term tax deferral permanent — which has less of an impact on Social Security’s finances.
Policy · 116th Congress
Coronavirus creates funding time bomb for public schools
Nevada, Texas and Florida are just three examples of key states where school districts rely heavily on vulnerable sales tax revenue.
Congress · 116th Congress
House Dems move forward with drug pricing bill
Under the part of Medicare that covers doctor visits, Part B, health providers buy the drugs and are reimbursed at a 6 percent markup of the drug’s average sales price.
Congress · 116th Congress
Congress is finally going to pot
But protecting medical marijuana businesses operating within their respective state laws falls short of the type of sweeping overhaul advocates hope to accomplish.
Policy · 115th Congress
Insurance Marketplace Sign-Ups Lag After Year of Changes
While it’s too soon to say for certain how the expansion of short-term plans are affecting marketplace enrollment, a report released last week by the online insurance sales company eHealth showed
Opinion · 115th Congress
Why Party Brand Matters
Companies with these kinds of “sales” numbers would be rethinking what and how they’re selling because something is clearly wrong.
Policy · 115th Congress
10 Policy Issues to Watch in Omnibus Spending Bill
Some senators want to take another shot when the omnibus comes up — potentially just a short-term extension of the DACA protections.