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A valid drug patent enables the drug innovator to recoup its investment and profit from the exclusive right to sell the new drug for a limited time without generic competition.
“We should have something to announce in a not-so-distant future.” Del.
Several senators quickly renewed their calls for stronger U.S. intervention without waiting for U.N. action.
Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Rand Paul of Kentucky to the online sales tax collection bill would have the effect of killing the entire legislation should it ever reach the House.
Without it, providers will never be able to embrace the elusive goal of value — high quality care at lower costs.
He was rebutting the notion of some in the GOP that the debate should be put on hold until the immigration backstory and potential terrorist connections of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects is fully
on the steps of the Oxford, Miss., courthouse on Tuesday evening, Curtis’ attorney, Christi McCoy, said she was “thrilled” with the news that the U.S. attorney’s office had moved to dismiss the case without
Without Schweitzer, the remaining field is a big unknown. The crop of Democrats running for Montana’s open House seat last year was not viewed as particularly strong.
Though his fiercely independent style and transgressions against party orthodoxy created a fair share of spats with Democratic leaders, Wyden’s own brand of bipartisanship is not without its detractors
Cordray should not have testified today as if he is the legitimate director of the CFPB,” Vitter said in a statement.
Therefore, if Congress again addresses immigration changes without focusing on the root of the problem, we will undoubtedly repeat this debate a decade from now.
“When the public safety exception expires and it will here soon, this man in my view should be designated as a potential enemy combatant and we should be allowed to question him for intelligence
He and other economists long have argued that the government’s inflation gauge should mirror the behavior of consumers, who may react to higher prices by switching to cheaper substitutes.
Crucial to those conversations should be ways to drive better value into the system so that we spend our limited health care dollars more wisely.
“If you know what it is, and you’re a Republican, you should be against the tax increase part of it,” said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform.
His first high-profile apostasy of the year came just before the spring recess, when he was one of only four in his caucus to vote against the Democratic budget, which squeaked through without a
This week’s floor votes on guns show how different the Senate world might look without filibuster threats — for better or for worse.
The tax code should encourage the creation of new small businesses and the growth of existing small businesses. Who are we?
Both proposals are still guaranteed to be rejected without any suspense later in the day. And so will the bipartisan compromise for expanding background checks on would-be gun buyers.
Instead, the pace of Capitol Hill has been slowed considerably by enhanced security, and lawmakers are spending some of their extra time speculating — without many facts to go on — whether the Boston Marathon