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The Week in Review Even without a budget resolution, the House passed the first of its fiscal 2017 appropriations bills last week, as well as this year’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and a bill transferring Ebola funds to fight the Zika virus. On Wednesday, House lawmakers approved the $610.5 billion spending […]

This week, the Senate is set to power through their version of the fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) as the House revises a 40-year old law regulating toxic chemicals used in manufacturing and tries to come to an agreement on legislation to help Puerto Rico restructure its $70 billion debt.

Cloture votes on three Zika-related amendments are due in the Senate today as lawmakers decide on the amount of funding to be allocated towards fighting the virus and whether there will be a budgetary offset to pay for the package. Democrats favor funding President Obama’s full $1.9 billion request without any coinciding cuts or offsets […]

This week, the Senate moves on to debate a combined Transportation-HUD and Military Construction-VA spending bill that will include debate over provisions for battling the Zika virus, while the House plans for extensive floor debate on the fiscal 2017 edition of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). 

The Week in Review Both chambers returned from a brief recess and enjoyed a productive week, as the Senate worked through an impasse over Iran to advance the Energy-Water Development appropriations bill, while the House put together its legislative package designed to combat opioid abuse. Prior to the one-week recess earlier this month, the Energy-Water […]

 Looking Ahead Near Term Busy week in the House as the chamber will consider the Defense Authorization bill.  This massive legislation often includes debate on numerous amendments. The House Financial Services Committee has three hearings scheduled for the week – including one the CFPB’s recently released NRPM on arbitration. The Senate will continue it work […]

Both chambers return from their brief recesses this week, with the Senate set to continue its work on the Energy-Water Development spending measure, and the House aiming to tackle a legislative package aimed at combating the emerging opioid-addiction epidemic. 

The Week in Review   With Congress out, last week was a hugely significant period in the race for the White House as Donald Trump’s resounding win in Indiana’s primary election on Tuesday forced his two remaining competitors for the Republican presidential nomination to suspend their campaigns. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Ohio Governor John […]

The Week in Review   Ahead of their brief recess this week, last week lawmakers in the Senate tried to complete the first appropriations measure of the year, while the House considered a set of financial services bills and a resolution disapproving of a recently finalized Department of Labor (DOL) rule.

This post, penned by Thorn Run's Billy Wynne, Katie Pahner, and Devin Zatorski, originally appeared in Health Affairs Blog. The mother ship has landed. On Wednesday, April 27, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the highly anticipated proposed rule that would establish key parameters for the new Quality Payment Program, a framework that includes the […]

Senators today will try to break a partisan impasse that has held up the Energy and Water Development spending bill (H.R. 2028) before leaving for a week-long recess. The controversy comes over an amendment submitted by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) that would thwart a recently struck deal for the United States to purchase heavy water […]

The Senate is moving toward finishing an Energy and Water Development spending measure, with a cloture vote scheduled on a substitute amendment (#3801) to the legislative vehicle for the bill (H.R.2028). The underlying measure would provide $37.5 billion for the Energy Department, Army Corps of Engineers, parts of the Interior Department and other agencies. That’s $355 […]