Tag: Senate

Tyler Volz-Benoit embraces pediatric gastroenterology specialist Dr. Susan Goode during a doctor's appointment with his dad, Eric Volz-Benoit, and brother, Zachary, in Springfield, Mass. Both Tyler and Zachary are affected by complex medical care issues. Zachary is a patient who is helped by a special program funded by the Affordable Care Act, where his health care is overseen by a complex care pediatrician and team of other medical specialists to optimize his care. (AP Photo)

The one part of Obamacare where Republicans and Democrats agree

Robert King · April 18, 2016 4:01 am

McConnell defends plan to keep current Senate leaders

Susan Ferrechio · April 12, 2016 5:34 pm

The law passed Congress with majority support from both parties in December 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Senator, Ed. Sec. quarrel over whether department is ignoring new law

Jason Russell · April 12, 2016 4:03 pm

Sabato: Trump Shifts Six Senate Races Toward Democrats

Chris Deaton · April 7, 2016 4:19 pm

Only 1 of Clinton’s 100 congressional supporters defends her after Sanders attack

Only 1 of Clinton’s 100 congressional supporters defends her after Sanders attack

Anna Giaritelli · April 7, 2016 4:46 am

FDA doesn't need mandatory funding because it gets user fees and appropriations, Sen. Lamar Alexander says. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate leader opposes mandatory FDA funds

Robert King · April 7, 2016 4:01 am

New funding for the National Institutes of Health remains a sticking point. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Senate panel advances medical innovation legislation

Robert King · April 6, 2016 4:07 pm

The Obama administration has been releasing Guantanamo Bay detainees at a steady clip in the hopes of obviating the need for the detention center, which Obama wants to shut down. (AP Photo/Ben Fox, File)

GOP bill bans Gitmo releases to ‘unstable’ countries

Pete Kasperowicz · April 5, 2016 12:21 pm

The Aliso Canyon gas storage facility was capped earlier this year after a gas utility struggled for months to close the leak that forced nearby residents to evacuate. (Dean Musgrove/Los Angeles Daily News via AP, Pool, File)

Energy and Environment

White House launches probe into Calif. gas leak

John Siciliano · April 1, 2016 7:46 pm

Lawmakers want scientists to spend more time on research instead of administrative tasks. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Senate wants to help NIH with its paperwork

Robert King · March 31, 2016 3:51 pm

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said "throughout its history, the Senate has never confirmed a nominee to fill a Supreme Court vacancy that occurred this late in a term-limited president's time in office." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Hatch: Supreme Court vote a bad idea during ‘nastiest election campaign’

Kelly Cohen · March 28, 2016 1:08 pm

—œThe Testing Bill of Rights outlines the need to accurately measure student learning in a way that is useful for parents and teachers and less burdensome for students,—? the Center for American Progress Action War Room said. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Do students need a testing bill of rights?

Jason Russell · March 25, 2016 7:15 pm