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The bill tackles the opioid crisis through different angles. It aims to increase access for first responders to the overdose antidote Naloxone. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)
Healthcare

Senate approves opioid bill

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Rob Portman voted for the amendment and said that he is in favor of more resources for combating opioid and heroin abuse, but Congress needs to pass the bill first. (AP Photo)
Healthcare

Senate votes down Dem opioid funding

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Healthcare

Senator breaks with Dems in opioid funding fight

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The efforts indicate an escalating focus among policymakers on the skyrocketing rate of prescription drug abuse in the U.S., a problem that has been building for more than a decade. (AP Photo)
Healthcare

While Congress argues about fixing opioid abuse, here’s who is preparing to tackle it

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Portman's bill would establish an evidence-based opioid and heroin treatment and intervention program, but that's not enough for some Democrats. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Healthcare

Senators squabble over funding for painkiller crisis

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Naloxone is routinely carried by fire-rescue crews to revive overdose victims. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Healthcare

Dems want more money to fight opioid crisis

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The senators, including Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, right, called for Obama to include the $2 billion-a-year allocation in his 2017 budget request. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Healthcare

Senators push Obama to prioritize Alzheimer’s funding

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Sen. Kelly Ayotte, D-N.H., left, speaks as Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Gov. Peter Shumlin, D-Vt., listen during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on attacking America's epidemic of heroin and prescription drug abuse. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Healthcare

Senators seek expanded federal aid to fight heroin, prescription drug abuse

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The senators also introduced legislation this week that would reform the coal-leasing program and ban coal exports. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
Energy and Environment

Dems seek to jack up coal fees for climate’s sake

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Called the Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act, the bipartisan bill from Sens. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., was approved unanimously by the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and next goes before the full Senate. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)
Healthcare

Senate panel OKs drug competition bill

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