…(the measure the Times chose to use) relatively constant: The Affordable Care Act and a 2011 Congressional budget act mandated reduced payments to medical providers (hospitals and physicians); Doctors, nurses…

…national rail network.” The tank car rules were finalized in 2015 and required that railroads fully implement the new tank cars carrying dangerous chemicals by May 2025. Congressional Republicans slipped…

…he intends to offer US Citizens, with Congressional help, and with regard to healthcare. Keep this post as a marker and let’s see what he makes happen and what politics…

…of Social Security each year in a congressional raid that funds everything under the sun – except worker retirement – and in the process masks the true size of the…

…For decades now, under the guise of the important function of congressional oversight, Republicans have weaponized congressional hearings to smear Democrats in the media. In this Congress, and especially today,…

…thanks to congressional investigations, media reporting, manufacturer disclosures, and loads of research, we know that the real story of insulin pricing has become healthcare’s sad version of “Where’s the beef?”…

…reactions to protests on campuses? Interrogations of university leaders spearheaded by conservative congressional representatives. Calls from right-wing senators for troops to intervene in campus demonstrations. Hundreds of student and faculty…

…of claims for certain routine screenings; the company later posted a rebuttal to the story. A congressional committee and the Department of Labor launched inquiries into this Cigna program. A spokesperson for Rep….

…short-term congressional budget models as actually raising revenue. The tax breaks didn’t come until later. “It will have large and damaging effects on the federal budget for decades to come,”…

…shifted from White House coach to Cabinet official in 2021, his own congressional performances somehow got worse, not better. Repeated Fumbles The latest and most shocking examples of McDonough’s Capitol…