Tag: Senate

While CMS has made progress on fighting "pay and chase," the agency relies "too heavily on investigating claims after the payments have been made rather than preventing them in the first place," the letter to acting CMS administrator Andy Slavitt reads. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

GOP: Medicare fraud rampant

Robert King · September 12, 2016 4:31 pm

"[John King's] proposed regulation would give Washington, D.C., control over state and local education dollars that it has never had before," Lamar Alexander said. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Fight brewing over proposed Dept. of Ed. rule

Jason Russell · September 7, 2016 12:00 pm

Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., a major leader of the House effort, and top Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee (above), are in talks with the White House and top Democrats Rep. Frank Pallone, R-N.J. and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., on "ways to pass the 21st Century Cures legislation in September," said a Senate committee aide. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators eye September goal for cures bill

Robert King · September 5, 2016 4:01 am

Democrats Begin Retreat from Ohio Senate Race?

John McCormack · August 30, 2016 4:33 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander uses healthcare law to stress the need for Republicans to keep control of the Senate. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

GOP senator bemoans ‘total collapse’ of Obamacare

Robert King · August 27, 2016 10:00 am

"[John King's] proposed regulation would give Washington, D.C., control over state and local education dollars that it has never had before," Lamar Alexander said. (AP Photo)

Ex-education secretary rips labor board ruling on teacher assistants

Sean Higgins · August 23, 2016 9:39 pm

Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch called on Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to withdraw the rule, proposed in April, and resubmit it. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

GOP warns Treasury against planned rule on corporate debt

Joseph Lawler · August 22, 2016 4:02 pm

National Security

Senator (And Marine Lt. Col.) Dan Sullivan: ‘When the US steps back, terrorists groups fill the vacuum’

Lisa Ruhl · August 16, 2016 6:07 pm

Insurers are seeking double-digit increases in several states, an average of a nearly 24 percent bump from this year's prices, according to an independent analysis from Charles Gaba. (AP Photo)

High premiums around the corner for Obamacare

Robert King · August 16, 2016 4:01 am

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

Alexander condemns Obamacare after rate hikes

Robert King · August 12, 2016 6:59 pm

A sow and her two cubs make their way to the McNeil River falls in July 2004. New federal rules will stop certain types of bear hunting. (AP Photo/ Al Grillo)

Washington Secrets

Feds reclaim control of Alaska gamelands, ban bear, wolf hunts by air

Paul Bedard · August 3, 2016 10:00 pm

California Sen. Barbara Boxer claimed that women are making less money than men. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Hey, Barbara Boxer: Market is helping the gender ‘wage gap’

Ashe Schow · July 27, 2016 1:41 am