Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following statement:. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals declared that Obamacare's individual mandate is unconstitutional, agreeing with the argument put forth by the Texas Public Policy Foundation. “Today's decision is a victory for the American people and respect for the Constitution,” said Robert Henneke, lead…
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The White House issued the following fact sheet:. A GREAT VICTORY FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: The 5th Circuit Court delivered a victory for the American people by ruling against a key part of Obamacare. *President Trump is committed to protecting Americans with preexisting conditions and will continue working to improve the quality, affordability, and…
Jay Inslee, D- Washington, issued the following statement:. That includes 800,000 people in Washington covered under the ACA today. It is unconscionable that President Trump's Department of Justice is pushing to eliminate their access to life-saving medical care.
WASHINGTON, DC- U.S. Senators Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown praised Senate passage of the final FY 2020 funding bill which included a short-term extension of the Health Coverage Tax Credit through the end of 2020. The HCTC is critically important for many hardworking Ohioans, including as many as 5,000 Delphi salaried retirees in Dayton, the Mahoning Valley, and…
December 19, 2019 10:22 GMT. BIROBIDZHAN, Russia– A 73- year-old kindergarten teacher in Russia's Far East has died during the evacuation of a building following false bomb-threat phone calls. In Birobidzhan, the capital of the Jewish Autonomous Region, eight kindergartens were evacuated after unknown individuals told authorities by phone that bombs had…
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. This bill establishes the Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury and a related trust fund to make loans to certain multiemployer defined benefit pension plans. Treasury must transfer amounts, which may include proceeds from bonds and other obligations,…
A series of minor mine explosions along a road in war-ravaged Rakhine state on Thursday did not deter Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi from a planned visit to Munaung Island to open a new solar power plant, local residents and a police official said. The blasts occurred about three hours before the state counselor was scheduled to attend the opening ceremony of…
Republicans have yet to agree on a health care proposal that will preserve insurance protections for individuals with preexisting conditions. “Washington Republicans- including the president- have been trying to kill the ACA for years. They failed in Congress dozens of times and they failed in front of the Supreme Court, but this last-ditch attack could…
Washington, D.C.– U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Maria Cantwell announced today that a provision they pushed for to assist families who are struggling to afford high medical costs was included in the appropriations package that passed the Senate today. “Medical debt is a serious challenge facing millions of families in our country, and as we endeavor to reduce…
WASHINGTON- Senator John Hoeven today joined the Senate in passing legislation to extend expired tax provisions that benefit industry in North Dakota, including a retroactive extension from 2018 through 2022 for the:. *The bill also includes the Revitalizing Underdeveloped Rural Areas and Lands Act, bipartisan legislation Hoeven cosponsored to give…
WASHINGTON- Senator John Hoeven, Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, today announced that Congress has approved the Fiscal Year 2020 Agriculture Appropriations bill, including the additional $1.5 billion in disaster assistance he secured to help agriculture producers impacted by severe weather. “Our producers are facing real…
I have worked on issues related to wildfire and electric utilities since the Napa- Sonoma wildfires of 2017, served on California's Commission on Catastrophic Wildfire Cost and Recovery, created by state legislation after the 2017 fires, and continue to work with my energy and environmental colleagues at Stanford, at other academic institutions, and with…
WASHINGTON, DC- Top Democrats overseeing Social Security policy in the House and Senate today called on the Social Security Administration to extend the comment period on a rule that would increase the frequency of so-called continuing disability reviews, a process that can be difficult for Americans with disabilities to navigate and may threaten their…
Sherrod Brown- ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs released the following statement on passage of the “Further Consolidated Appropriations Act 2020”, which provides a historic seven year authorization of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, a seven year authorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance…
LATEST ACTION: December 19, 2019- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 12/19/2019– Senate– Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 12/19/2019– Senate– Introduced in Senate.
LATEST ACTION: December 19, 2019- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 12/19/2019– Senate– Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 12/19/2019– Senate– Introduced in Senate.
2019 DEC 19– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mergers& Acquisitions Daily News– World Insurance Associates LLC, a Top 100 Insurance Agency, announced that it acquired J& S Risk Planning Group, LLC of Wantagh, NY on November 1, 2019. Founded in 2009, J& S Risk Planning Group, LLC provides insurance services for the New York and New Jersey Metropolitan areas.
2019 DEC 19– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– New research on Risk Management is the subject of a report. According to news reporting originating in Launceston, Australia, by NewsRx journalists, research stated,“ With the maturing of autonomous technology and better accessibility, there has been a growing interest in the use of…
2019 DEC 19– By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News– According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by NewsRx journalists, a patent application by the inventors Persia, Giovanni; Mungo, Fabio; Paterlini, Emilio, filed on May 30, 2019, was made available online on December 5, 2019. The assignee for this patent application is…
