The Senate on Tuesday opted not to hold votes on a pair of competing bills to end the government shutdown. Both the bills, including a GOP-crafted, House-passed “clean” resolution, have failed five times on the floor already. Earlier Tuesday, President Trump said some furloughed federal workers “don’t deserve” back pay after a draft White House memo raised the possibility that some employees might …
Federal health officials late Monday warned people not to eat certain Hello Fresh subscription meals containing spinach that may be contaminated with listeria. The U.S. Agriculture Department issued a public health alert for the meals, which were produced by FreshRealm, the San Clemente, California-based company linked to an expanding listeria outbreak tied to heat-and-eat pasta meals. The products include 10.1-ounce containers …
The Senate Special Committee on Aging will hold a hearing Wednesday focused on remedying the U.S.’s “overreliance on foreign-manufactured generic drugs and the risks they pose, particularly to aging Americans.”
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) said Democrats are taking Republicans “hostage” with their demands to extend ObamaCare tax credits, but he conceded that winning the public relations battle over the issue was “very challenging.” Speaking Tuesday at The Hill’s “Health Next Summit,” Marshall, a medical doctor, said he did not believe the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies passed during the …
