These are the stories we cover in this issue of our TSCL Washington Update. The coming of September means Congress faces a mad rush to keep the government from shutting down on October 1; the Biden Administration anno ...
Category: Legislative News
July 2023
With So Much Left to do, Congress takes a Vacation for the Next Six Weeks The members of Congress left town late last week for their annual August recess. However, they left a huge pile of work with little time left to ...
June 2023
Congress is not in session this week because of the July 4 holiday. If you had a 4th of July parade in your community, you may have seen your Senators or your Representative in the parade. Riding in parades is something ...
May 2023
Seniors Dodge Catastrophe This Time, but Will They in Two Years? By far, the biggest accomplishment by Congress this year has been the passage of legislation to raise the government’s debt ceiling. Although defaulting o ...
April 2023
Extra COVID-19 Booster now Available for Seniors and other High-risk Americans In mid-April, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that people 65 or older with one Pfizer or Moderna updated booster can roll ...
March 2023
The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) Monthly Washington Update for the end of March 2023 March turned out to be a very busy month for issues Seniors are concerned about. We have reports about Social Security and Medicar ...
February 2023
Congress Off to a Slow Start Congress is off to a slower start this year, even as critical issues that soon must be dealt with remain unsettled. This seems to be especially true in the House of Representatives, which ...
January 2023
This is our first update of the activities in Washington, D.C., regarding the issues of particular importance to seniors in 2023. As in the past, we will cover the actions of Congress as well as the Biden Administratio ...
December 2022
Last Update for 2022 This is our last update for 2022. Congress has finished its business for the year and is out of session until the new Congress convenes in January of 2023. Thank you for the ongoing privilege of c ...
November 2022
Medicare to Expand Access to Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse Last week the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized policies aimed at expanding access to behavioral health and substance use dis ...