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Florida Rep. Donna E. Shalala is sponsoring a bill that would raise the age to buy e-cigarettes, and any tobacco product, from 18 to 21. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

‘We’re trying to protect children’: Donna Shalala on e-cigarettes

By Shawn Zeller
Posted October 1, 2019 at 5:00am
HHS auditors urge research institutions like the National Institutes of Health to follow requirements to disclose foreign funding and consider national security in the peer-review vetting system. (CQ Roll Call file photo)

NIH could do more to address foreign threats, reports say

By Andrew Siddons
Posted September 27, 2019 at 9:17am
Senate Finance Chairman Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa unveiled the text of his committee's drug pricing bill on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Political tensions escalate as drug pricing bills move forward

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Lauren Clason
Posted September 26, 2019 at 8:19am
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., speaks at an abortion rights rally at Supreme Court in Washington earlier this year. States face a decision on continuing to participate in the federal Title X family planning services program. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo)

As abortion ‘gag rule’ lands in court, states seek funding fix

By Jacob Fischler
Posted September 23, 2019 at 11:03am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House committee leaders started briefing members on Democrats’ drug pricing plan this week. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Pelosi says key component of drug pricing bill not open to negotiations

By Andrew Siddons
Posted September 19, 2019 at 10:35am
House Democratic Caucus Vice Chairwoman Katherine M. Clark and Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries say House Democrats are most successful in communicating their policy messages directly to constituents in their districts. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democrats say they want to prioritize legislation over impeachment. Here’s their chance

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted September 19, 2019 at 5:00am
Rep. Abby Finkenauer, D-Iowa, endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday.(Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Health care group backs Democrats with seven-figure ad campaign

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted September 18, 2019 at 5:30am
President Donald Trump greets House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday at the House GOP retreat in Baltimore. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

House Republicans’ 2020 strategy is all about Trump

By Lindsey McPherson and Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted September 16, 2019 at 5:00am
Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham said in July that the “the bricks and mortar [strategy] wasn’t working” to protect the agency’s shrinking number of area Census offices and closure of its Questionnaire Assistance Centers. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Census falling further behind in hiring outreach staff

By Michael Macagnone
Posted September 13, 2019 at 9:08am
Last week, Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., called on Sharpless to resign if the FDA did not restrict flavored e-cigarette sales, but Durbin said Thursday that Sharpless “responded to my letter in a positive way and I want to give him a chance to show that he’s serious.” (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Bipartisan group urges FDA to go beyond vaping flavor ban

By Andrew Siddons
Posted September 13, 2019 at 8:11am