Tag: Senate

Customers in the individual markets will need help buying insurance, Sen. Lamar Alexander says. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Washington Secrets

Chairman: ‘Obamacare is falling apart,’ another 131,000 lose coverage

Paul Bedard · September 26, 2016 6:15 pm

California’s Woeful Republicans

Matthew Fleming · September 23, 2016 1:00 am

Will a Pro-Local Control Education Law Survive the Election?

Alice B. Lloyd · September 22, 2016 12:04 pm

The Senate Finance Committee wrote to the Obama administration on Tuesday to examine whether there is enough oversight of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program, after concerns that Mylan allegedly manipulated the program to avoid having to pay a higher rebate. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Senators seek probe of EpiPen rebates

Robert King · September 20, 2016 8:43 pm

European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, the official responsible for the European Commission's decision to require Apple to pay $14.5 billion in back taxes to Ireland, met with top tax-writing lawmakers in Washington this week to discuss that and other cases in which Europe is investigating if U.S. companies got sweetheart deals from specific governments. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU tax official fails to win over GOP on Apple tax decision

Joseph Lawler · September 20, 2016 8:19 pm

The bill funds 29 Army Corps of Engineers projects worth $4.5 billion that lawmakers already have authorized and would spend another $4.8 billion on water infrastructure updates throughout the country. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

Energy and Environment

Senate passes $9 billion bill for water projects

Kyle Feldscher · September 15, 2016 3:56 pm

Although the administration opposes a central storage site being built at Yucca Mountain, Ernest Moniz is heading an effort to find an interim storage facility to move the waste being stored at power plants. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Moniz: Nuclear dump needed for Obama’s climate goals

John Siciliano · September 14, 2016 10:33 pm

The bill offered Wednesday would waive a penalty for Obamacare customers finding a healthcare plan that is not on one of the law's exchanges, and would give people that option for a year. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

GOP offers cure for failing Obamacare exchanges

Robert King · September 14, 2016 8:37 pm

Carbon emissions from Vermont's electricity sector rose 5 percent after it closed its nuclear plant. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

Alexander: Sanders’ state increased carbon pollution

John Siciliano · September 14, 2016 8:19 pm

Alexander explained the important difference between federal regulations and guidance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

GOP senator says states should sue the federal gov’t if this happens

Jason Russell · September 13, 2016 7:49 pm

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch is demanding that Treasury Department's Inspector General explain why $1.3 billion left the U.S. Judgment Fund in January, and whether those payments were used for or related to the Iran settlement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

National Security

Hatch demands answers on the ‘$99,999,999.99’ payments

Kelly Cohen · September 13, 2016 6:00 pm

In addition, the bill contains billions of dollars in drinking water infrastructure spending. Included in that funding is a $220 million deal for Flint, Mich., and cities like it that have contaminated water supplies. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio File)

Energy and Environment

Senate moves closer to passing $9 billion water bill

Kyle Feldscher · September 12, 2016 10:56 pm