This Week in Washington: Senate HELP Committee Chair Patty Murray and Ranking Member Richard Burr Release Discussion Draft of Bipartisan Pandemic and Public Health Response Bill


The House has a district work period this week.

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Bicameral Democratic Health Committee Members Express Support for Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2023

On Jan. 27,

This week in Washington: Supreme Court Rules on Biden Administration Vaccine Mandates

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House Democrats Introduce Bill to Increase Access to At-Home COVID-19 Tests

On Jan. 12, Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Joe Morelle (D-NY) and Kaiali’i Kahele (D-HI) introduced the Free At-Home Tests for All Act. The bill would require the Department

This week in Washington: Build Back Better Negotiations on Hold

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Reps. DelBene and Bucshon Call for Investment in KidneyX Initiative

On Dec. 20, Reps. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) and Larry Bucshon (R-IN), co-chairs of the Congressional Kidney Caucus, led a group of 18 members of Congress in a letter requesting that the Biden administration invest

This week in Washington: President Biden acknowledges that the Build Back Better Act might not pass Congress this year.


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The House and Senate are in recess.

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On Dec. 14, the House and Senate passed the debt ceiling increase, averting a default.

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Senate Passes the Methamphetamine Response Act of 2021

On Dec. 13,

This week in Washington: Congress passes continuing resolution, funding the government until Feb. 18.

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Reps. McMorris Rodgers and Comer Request Information on Biden Administration Compliance With COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

On Nov. 23, Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (D-WA-5) and James Comer (R-KY-1) wrote to the Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

This week in Washington: House passes reconciliation package.

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House Passes Reconciliation Package

On Nov. 19, the House passed the $1.7 trillion reconciliation package with a vote of 220-213. Votes came the morning after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published a complete cost estimate of the reconciliation package, also called the Build Back Better (BBB)

This week in Washington: CBO Scores Reconciliation Package While House Waits.

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Reconciliation Update 

In a Nov. 9 post, Congressional Budget Committee (CBO) Director Phillip Swagel said the CBO is in the process of preparing a cost estimate for the $1.75 trillion social spending reconciliation package. Swagel stated that the CBO will release estimates for

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On Nov. 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule to update the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and address other Medicare Part B issues for Calendar Year (CY) 2022. The rule, which goes into effect Jan. 1, 2022, retains proposed changes concerning telehealth and important updates to the Medicare