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Seattle Mayor Jenny A. Durkan issued the following news release on Sept. 29:. Earlier today, Mayor Jenny A. Durkan delivered her annual budget address and transmitted her 2021 Proposed Budget to the City Council. In it, the Mayor visits sites around Seattle that highlight the actions our City has taken to respond to COVID-19 and showcase our plan for the future.

The first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden on Tuesday night in Cleveland saw the two candidates interrupting each other and barking insults, a preview of what is coming in the final five weeks of what was already an ugly campaign. As expected, Trump was the more combative and argumentative of the two,…

A Maryland investor, according to a civil complaint filed by a group of regulators in September, was told that roughly $300,000 in precious metals bullion could be worth as much as $1.2 million in 10 years. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and 30 state regulators, including Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, filed a civil action in federal court in…

“You're the worst president American has ever had,” Mr. Biden told Mr. Trump. Mr. Biden shot at Mr. Mr. Trump attacked Mr. Biden's intelligence: “Did you use the word smart?

Cancer patients, survivors and volunteer advocates from across North Carolina met virtually this past Saturday morning with U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham to discuss policies and issues that are critical to fighting cancer. The open dialogue between the candidate and ACS CAN volunteers also presented a special opportunity for cancer advocates to…

The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate for the statutory pay-as-you-go effects of the Helping Medicaid Offer Maternity Services Act:. H.R. 4996 would allow states the option to extend postpartum coverage under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program to one full year after the birth of a child.

Last week the Trump Administration finalized a rule allowing the importation of prescription drugs from Canada. AAF's Director of Human Welfare Policy Tara O'Neill Hayes examines the new rule and concludes that it is unlikely to meaningfully affect the cost of drugs in the United States, for a variety of reasons. Specifically, the Canadian population is…

The Senate Special Aging Committee minority issued the following report entitled “The Cost of Inaction: 11 Deaths An Hour- An Update on the Trump Administration's Response to COVID-19 in Nursing Homes” by Sen. This report provides an update to “COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: How the Trump Administration Failed Residents and Workers,” a comprehensive report released…

Gretchen Whitmer, D- Michigan, issued the following news release on Sept. 29:. “As Senate Democratic Leader, I was proud to work across the aisle with a Republican governor and legislature to expand health coverage for Michiganders through the Healthy Michigan plan,” Governor Whitmer said. Michigan instituted policies to help families access affordable health…

On Monday, U.S. Senator Chris Coons, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined The Story with Martha MacCallum to discuss President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, and the risks that her nomination may pose to the Affordable Care Act. On Judge Barrett's upcoming confirmation hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator…

—Louisiana will get nearly $215 million in BP oil spill money for two projects planned to restore more than 4,600 acres of marsh and other habitat in the New Orleans area, Gov. The money is from BP’ s $8.8 billion settlement for natural resources damage caused by the blowout that killed 11 men and spewed more than 100 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico in…

Jeff Merkley, D- Oregon, issued the following news release:. Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with 14 Senate Democrats, has introduced the Worker Health Coverage Protection Act, a bill that would protect millions of unemployed or furloughed workers from losing their health insurance by enabling them to access subsidized COBRA coverage and keep their…

Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island issued the following news:. Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, a not-for-profit health plan founded to serve Rhode Island's at-risk populations, has named Mark Cooper vice president of Medicare-Medicaid Product. Core to Cooper's work will be maintaining strong relationships with the Centers for Medicare…

The National Council on Disability issued the following news:. National Council on Disability Chairman Neil Romano will be the keynote speaker at Achieving Health Equity through Access for All with Disabilities Symposium Oct. 2. Since enactment of the ADA in 1990, NCD has continued to play a leading role in crafting disability policy, and advising the…

The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. issued the following news release:. The Export-Import Bank of the United States has reported to Congress a 0.531 percent fiscal year 2020 third quarter default rate, as of June 30, 2020. EXIM's Risk Management Committee consists of Board Members Judith D. Pryor and Spencer Bachus III.

Kamala D. Harris, D- California, issued the following news release:. U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris and Dianne Feinstein on Tuesday sent a letter to President Trump in support of Governor Gavin Newsom's request for a major disaster declaration for California in response to devastating wildfires. “California has already experienced record-breaking wildfires…