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Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., arrives at the Capitol office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Appropriators reach spending agreement, fend off possibility of government shutdown

By Jennifer Shutt
Posted December 12, 2019 at 3:19pm
Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., and ranking member Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, said the committee would take up the proposal early next year. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Ways and Means offers its own plan on surprise medical bills

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 12, 2019 at 8:41am
A provision in the defense authorization bill expected to be passed by Congress would give all federal employees 12 weeks of paid parental leave. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Congress poised to pass paid parental leave for federal workers

By Michael Macagnone
Posted December 11, 2019 at 3:12pm
New Jersey Democratic Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a dentist who was elected to Congress in 2018, supports adding dental coverage to Medicare but says ensuring a fair reimbursement rate will be crucial. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Overlooked plans to add Medicare benefits get more attention

By Lauren Clason and Andrew Siddons
Posted December 11, 2019 at 5:30am
Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Lloyd Doggett is pushing for amendments to the Democratic drug pricing bill that would extend Medicare prices to uninsured individuals and give Medicare the ability to negotiate for all drugs, not just the most expensive products. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Stakes high as long-awaited drug pricing vote nears in House

By Andrew Siddons
Posted December 10, 2019 at 6:00am
Democrats in battleground states plan to go on offense on health care this week. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Democrats plan campaign health care push ahead of House vote

By Bridget Bowman
Posted December 10, 2019 at 5:00am
Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., left, and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, D-N.J., talk during a House Energy and Commerce Committee markup in 2017. Walden, Pallone and Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., announced a tentative deal to ban surprise medical bills Sunday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Deal banning surprise medical bills also ups tobacco purchase age to 21

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 8, 2019 at 2:18pm
The renewed push on drug pricing legislation by Senate HELP leaders Charles E. Grassley, right, and Ron Wyden comes ahead of a planned House vote on Democrats’ signature drug price negotiation bill. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Senators renew drug price push ahead of House Democrats’ vote

By Andrew Siddons and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 6, 2019 at 10:20pm
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, on Thursday said he was “more enthusiastic than I was a couple of days ago” that final negotiations on spending bills could be done this weekend. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Appropriators seek to wrap up talks this weekend

By David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt
Posted December 5, 2019 at 7:03pm
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., left, and Rep. Annie Kuster, D-N.H., attend a rally in the Capitol Building to call on the Senate to vote on House Democrats’ prescription drugs and health care package on in May 2019. Several left-leaning health care groups are launching a seven-figure advertising campaign that builds on a previous effort by the group Protect our Care pushing for the passage of the pricing bill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Health groups reveal ads pushing Democrats to back drug bill

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted December 5, 2019 at 10:00am