Nominated by a president impeached for trying to subvert the election, she has now been confirmed in the middle of that election in violation of Republicans' own stated principles and against the wishes of the American people. Now, a blatantly partisan 6-3 Supreme Court stands poised to exert its influence on the election, even as Donald Trump has openly…
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release:. FEMA previously provided $2.3 million for leases from April through June. To date, FEMA has provided more than $109.9 million in Public Assistance funding for the COVID-19 response in Colorado.
COLLINGWOOD, Australia, Oct. 28– The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia issued the following news release on Oct. 27:. Clear patient safety measures aligned with recommendations made by the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia have emerged from the later stages of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, and were welcomed by the…
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22– The American Action Forum issued the following research by President Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Christopher Holt, director of Health Care Policy, entitled “The Health Care Choices Proposal”:. In October, the Health Policy Consensus Group released a health care reform plan called “The Health Care Choices Proposal.” The Center for Health and Economy…
By Michael Doonan, Director of the Master of Public Policy Program at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management. While opponents of the ACA were unable to repeal the law wholesale in Congress, the Trump administration damaged the law through regulatory efforts, executive order and legislative action. The Trump Administration and Congress did five…
Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release on Oct. 27:. Today, under the leadership of President Trump, the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services, is proposing new changes to Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotic Devices and Supplies coverage and payment policies.
—Iran has begun construction at its Natanz nuclear facility, satellite images released Wednesday show, just as the U.N. nuclear agency acknowledged Tehran is building an underground advanced centrifuge assembly plant after its last one exploded in a reported sabotage attack last summer. The construction comes as the U.S. nears Election Day in a campaign…
Sanford Health issued the following joint news on Oct. 27:. Intermountain Healthcare and Sanford Health plan to combine into one organization roughly nine months from now. Krabbenhoft thanks Sanford Health and Intermountain Healthcare employees for their courageous work during the pandemic.
This week, the Texas Democratic Party will present our final case against Donald Trump and lay out a few of the many ways that Donald Trump has failed Texas. First up, the defining issue in Texas today: Donald Trump has failed our healthcare and is trying to repeal affordable care in the middle of a pandemic. Trump has signed on to Indicted Texas Republican Attorney…
U.S. Senator Tom Carper, top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement after a briefing with officials about an oil spill that has reached Delaware's beaches. The Trump Administration pushed to expand offshore drilling off in the Atlantic Ocean. The Trump Administration removed the safeguards put in…
Consumer Confidence Dips In October As Virus Spreads In US
U.S. consumer confidence dipped slightly in October as a new wave of coronavirus cases appeared across the country. Consumer spending accounts for 70% of economic activity in the U.S., so a decline in confidence gets a lot of attention from economists, especially as the U.S. heads into the crucial holiday shopping season.
—Louisiana braced Wednesday for what is expected to be its third hurricane strike this year as Zeta, the 27th named storm of a historically busy Atlantic hurricane season, headed toward an expected landfall south of New Orleans. Hurricane warnings stretched from Morgan City, Louisiana, along the Mississippi coast to the Alabama state line.
New Orleans, where a pump system failure has raised flood risks, was squarely in its way. New Orleans has been in the warning area for potential tropical cyclones seven times this year, each one veering to the east or west. “The confidence is becoming very high that the southeastern part of Louisiana and coastal Mississippi are going to see some significant impacts…
—Hurricane Zeta slammed into storm-weary Louisiana on Wednesday with New Orleans squarely in its path, pelting homes and businesses with rain and howling winds, knocking out power to thousands and threatening to push up to 9 feet of sea water inland in a Gulf Coast region already pounded by multiple storms this year. Streams of rainfall ran off roofs in New…
DUBLIN, Ohio, Oct. 28– The Ohio State Medical Association issued the following joint news with American Medical Association:. The AMA and OSMA used data from previous editions of Competition in Health Insurance to analyze the anticompetitive effects of the Anthem- Cigna and Aetna- Humana proposed mergers. OSMA has also used data from this report as part of its…
Supposedly, these voters are overlooked by polls that show Trump consistently trailing Democrat Joe Biden. In few places will this strategy be tested as in Pennsylvania, a critical state that Trump carried by only 44,292 votes out of 6.1 million cast in 2016. Trump’ s plan requires blowout victories and historic turnout in conservative strongholds across the…
Patrick McHenry, R- North Carolina, ranking Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 27:. Today, Republican leader of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry, and Republican leader of the Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets Subcommittee, Bill Huizenga,…
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, announced over $19.4 million in federal grants for long-needed repairs resulting from Hurricane Irma. Recipients include Florida Keys Electric Cooperative, Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority, and Marathon Airport. *$7,225,885.50 for the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority…
Agency: ” The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury; the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.” SUMMARY: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are adopting as final…
