This week the House of Representatives is expected to pass the final version of President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan, after which the President…
Health Care System Weaknesses Magnified During Pandemic During the coronavirus pandemic, health care in the United States, or at least certain parts of it, has…
Medicare Pays More for Drugs than Medicaid Last week the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report that revealed Medicare outpatient plans are three times…
Will Our New Congress Pass a Benefit Boost? By Shannon Benton, Executive Director As our nation goes through the process of getting vaccinated for COVID-19…
Monday Holidays This week most members of the House and Senate are back in their districts or states meeting with constituents or otherwise conducting business…
Senate Finally Gets Organized Last week, the two leaders of the Republicans and Democrats in the Senate finally were able to reach an agreement on…
Social Security Benefit Cuts Need to be Stopped Last week House Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John Larson (D-Conn.) reiterated the need for…
In Congress this Week While the pending impeachment trial of former President Trump, the continuing coronavirus disaster, and the debate over President Biden’s new economic…
New Congress Sworn in but Little in the Way of Legislation Yet The new Congress has been sworn into office but little in the way…
Emergency 3% COLA, Social Security And Medicare Issues Land on the Congressional Priority List By Shannon Benton, Executive Director Before the New Year even started,…
