Tag: Patty Murray

Senate Democrats are asking the National Institutes of Health to resume conducting research on gun violence after funding lapsed early this year. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senate Democrats ask Trump administration to renew gun research at NIH

Kimberly Leonard · October 11, 2017 7:15 pm

The Senate is in recess all of next week and won't return until Oct. 16, just a few weeks before 2018 open enrollment starts on Nov. 1. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Senate leaves town with no Obamacare fix

Robert King · October 5, 2017 8:55 pm

Republicans are leaning toward two years of funding for insurer subsidies but have signaled that they haven't received enough of an offer for flexibility from Democrats. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Republicans say state flexibility offers from Democrats inadequate for Obamacare bill

Kimberly Leonard · October 4, 2017 9:34 pm

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., isn't letting the former Health and Human Services secretary off the hook. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

In letter to Steve Mnuchin, Sen. Patty Murray pressures Tom Price to follow through on his pledge to repay private flight costs

Emily Jashinsky · October 4, 2017 1:43 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., gave a short briefing on the status of talks during the GOP conference luncheon. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans pessimistic on Obamacare fix

Robert King · October 3, 2017 8:14 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., is set to address Republicans at a caucus lunch Tuesday on the bipartisan deal he is working on with Sen. Patty Murray, R-Wash. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Republicans want more flexibility in Obamacare fix

Robert King · October 3, 2017 4:07 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., informed him that they are on the verge of a bipartisan deal to stabilize Obamacare's markets. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Chuck Schumer: Democrats, Republicans on ‘verge’ of bipartisan Obamacare fix

Robert King · September 28, 2017 3:39 pm

Though Democrats argued for reviving bipartisan talks that had been taking place between Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., several Republican senators were skeptical about pumping more money into Obamacare without broader reforms. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Some Republicans wary of continuing bipartisan Obamacare ‘fix’ talks

Robert King · September 26, 2017 9:29 pm

The HELP Committee was not able to reach an agreement on stabilizing the exchanges, which are facing rising premiums and insurer exits for next year. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senators abandon bipartisan efforts on stabilizing Obamacare

Kimberly Leonard · September 19, 2017 9:51 pm

Gade, who lost a leg in Iraq, said in 2011 that allowing women in combat roles would be a "gigantic detriment," but he has disavowed those remarks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Patty Murray criticizes EEOC pick Daniel Gade for remarks about women in military

Sean Higgins · September 19, 2017 6:13 pm

Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander, HELP Committee chairman, and Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, the committee's top-ranking Democrat, are expected to release a bill early next week. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Bipartisan Senate group prepares to present Obamacare fix

Kimberly Leonard · September 16, 2017 4:01 am

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., accompanied by the committee's ranking member Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Bipartisan Obamacare hearings wrap up in shadow of healthcare divisions

Kimberly Leonard · September 14, 2017 7:13 pm