Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was at the center of a maelstrom Thursday as senator after senator, including those who voted to confirm him, raised pressing questions over his public health agenda. Tension was thick at the Senate Finance Committee hearing. Crosstalk and shouting ensued as senators, some of them doctors, demanded explanations for Kennedy’s controversial actions in his …
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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Kennedy also falsely claimed that “there are no cuts to Medicaid” taking place under the Trump administration. Deep cuts to Medicaid, which provides healthcare to low-income and disabled Americans, have been one of most contentious aspects of Trump’s signature tax and spending megabill. Under the legislation, …
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Oregon Democrats on Tuesday delayed the final vote on a transportation funding plan until Sept. 17 because Sen. Chris Gorsek, a Gresham Democrat, is unable to attend a planned vote this week due to serious health issues, they said. Democrats were relying on Gorsek’s vote to approve the package because they have exactly the required 18 members in the Senate …
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In a whirlwind of negotiations over three days, Democrats asked for multiple billions in government funds to be released in exchange for a vote on a batch of nominees President Trump wanted confirmed before lawmakers left for their August break, sources told CBS News. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was negotiating with GOP leadership for $5 billion for the National …
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Republicans are angry that Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the bureau’s lackluster jobs report showed a weak economy on Friday. Trump accused commissioner Erika McEntarfer, who was appointed by Joe Biden, of fabricating statistics now as well as before the 2024 election. Friday’s jobs report found that the U.S. economy added only 73,000 …
Read More »Bipartisan Pair of Senators Seeks $54.6 Billion in New Aid for Ukraine The New York Times Behind the new bipartisan push for $55 billion for Ukraine Axios US Senate committee backs more Ukraine funding, following Trump shift on aid Reuters Exclusive | GOP Eyes European Money to Replace U.S. Weapons Donated to Ukraine The Wall Street Journal Senate panel advances more than $1 trillion …
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