Reps. Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, and Nita Lowey, D-NY, introduced a bill on Wednesday that would give the FDA greater authority to oversee compounding pharmacies. The bill comes in the aftermath of a meningitis outbreak linked to a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy that has left three dozen dead and regulators saying they...
The House Small Business Committee released handy charts to help business owners comply with the new provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Two charts, one for provisions that go into effect in 2013 and another for those that go into effect in 2014, explain the provisions and outline the consequences...
After passing countless bills targeting EPA regulations in the past two years—only to watch the vast majority of them collect dust in the Democratic-controlled Senate—House Republicans are beginning to acknowledge they are running out of options for challenging President Obama’s environmental agenda. “The path forward right now would be to...
When Rep. Nita Lowey of NY was picked as the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee it was a long time in coming. The veteran politician, now 75, who is the first woman to hold the ranking member position on the committee, bowed out of the New York Senate...
Obama will ask Congress for roughly $50 billion in emergency aid to help states recover from Hurricane Sandy, The New York Times reports. The request could range between $45 billion and $55 billion. “That represents an enormous sum at a time when Mr. Obama is locked in a titanic struggle...
As President Obama and Republican leaders try to avoid automatic spending cuts and tax increases beginning in the New Year, several lawmakers say a stalled farm bill that reshapes nutrition and agriculture programs could contribute billions of dollars in savings.
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