Blog It Staffs Focusing On Legislative SecurityLater in the week, the President doubled down on his promise to try and cut prices on branded prescription drugs. Word is out that the President is considering an executive order to combat the problems of high cost drugs sold to Medicare and other government programs..Center for Disease Control says Face Coverings Remain Key.Despite the proposed decrease in funding, many feel that the plan from Chairman Rogers is a positive sign. The cut is negligible when compared to last year's proposal for fiscal 2014, the House and Senate committees were more than billion apart in their Labor-HHS-Education funding plans. The minor cut for fiscal 2015 likely means that appropriators in the House are hoping to compromise with the Senate Appropriations Committee, which has not yet released a proposal for the contentious measure. … Continued
Minneapolis Heart Institute Programs And Services Center For Aortic DiseaseSen. Kerry's bill, if signed into law, would amend the Social Security Act to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision. These two provisions unfairly reduce the earned Social Security benefits of millions of teachers, firefighters, peace officers, and other state or local government employees each year. TSCL believes that Congress should repeal the GPO and the WEP so that dedicated public servants receive the retirement security they deserve..The spending bill now moves to the Senate, where its future is uncertain. Leaders are not sure that they will have the votes needed to pass the bill in its current form, and many are predicting that the President will end up signing a "clean" spending bill into law at the end of February..Representative John Larson introduced H.R. 860 on January 30, 201It has since been referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. … Continued