Budget Battles
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Much of Build Back Better Will Pass This Year, Hoyer Insists
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Snapshots of the Biden Economy
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$350B in Pandemic Aid Helps Build … Golf Courses?
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Manchin: Dems Have to Start ‘From Scratch’ on Spending Bill
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Biden: We'll Have to Break Up Build Back Better Plan
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Biden Spending Plan Is “Dead.” Do Dems Have a Plan B?
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Biden Touts Rare Win to Close an Awful Week
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Biden Administration Withdraws Vaccine Mandate for Large Businesses
The Biden administration on Tuesday said it is withdrawing its Covid-19 vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers. The move comes after the Supreme Court blocked the rule earlier this month. The...
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Judge Blocks Vaccine Mandate for Federal Workers
By Michael RaineyIn another setback for the Biden administration’s effort to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, a federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction against President Joe Biden’s mandate that requires...
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How to Get Your Free Covid-19 Tests
By Michael RaineyAmericans will be able to order free Covid tests starting next Wednesday, January 19, the White House announced Friday. Half of the one billion tests ordered by the Biden administration will be...
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Medicare Proposes to Restrict Coverage of Controversial and Costly Alzheimer's Drug
Medicare officials on Tuesday proposed limiting coverage of a controversial and expensive new Alzheimer’s drug to patients in approved clinical trials. The proposal could sharply limit the number of...
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U.S. Covid Hospitalizations Reach New Record
The omicron surge of the coronavirus has driven U.S. Covid-19 hospitalizations to a new pandemic high of 145,982 , topping the previous record set in January 2021, according to government data. The...
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Former Biden Advisers Call for New National Covid Strategy
Six public health experts who served on President Biden’s Transition Covid-19 Advisory Board are calling for the president to adopt a new strategy to deal with the pandemic. In three opinion pieces...
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Surprise Medical Billing Protections Take Effect, but Some Providers Want Changes
By Michael RaineyAs of January 1, Americans finally have some federal protections against surprise medical bills – the often-substantial charges patients are stuck with when they unknowingly receive care from out-of-...
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Another Round of Covid Stimulus?
As the omicron variant of the coronavirus drives a record surge in Covid-19 cases, some members of Congress have held early discussions about another round of economic stimulus. The Washington Post’s...
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Democrats’ New Plan for Build Back Better: Wait ‘Til Next Year
President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are adopting the mantra of many a losing sports team: Wait ‘til next year. Acknowledging the increasingly obvious, Senate Democrats are giving up on...
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Drug Industry Pricing Practices ‘Unjustified and Unfair,’ House Investigation Finds
The pharmaceutical industry has raised drug prices in the United States far faster than the rate of inflation, using practices that are “unsustainable, unjustified, and unfair to patients and...
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Pushing Build Back Better Plan, Biden Calls for Lower Drug Prices
By Michael RaineyLooking to drum up support for his sweeping social investment plan, President Joe Biden on Monday called on lawmakers to strike a blow against high drug prices by passing the Build Back Better Act,...
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Biden Announces Plan to Prevent a Winter Covid Surge
President Biden on Thursday announced new steps to combat the Covid-19 pandemic heading into the winter months, calling for expanded campaigns to increase vaccinations and booster shots, improved...
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Biden Officials Studying Whether More Money Will Be Needed to Fight Omicron Variant: Report
The White House Office of Management and Budget and other Biden administration officials are looking into how much funding they have available to redirect to respond to needs that may arise as a...
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Biden Prepares Plan to Battle Omicron Variant
President Joe Biden on Monday cautioned Americans not to panic over the new omicron variant of the coronavirus and urged them to get their vaccine shots and boosters as the best defense against...
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Will Democrats’ New Insulin Price Cap Survive in the Senate?
The Build Back Better Act passed by the House last week would cap out-of-pocket costs for insulin at $35 a month starting in 2023, lowering the cost of the vital diabetes treatment for millions of...