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October 21, 2024
The popular debit cards that Medicare Advantage plans give older adults as a perk for signing up may be cutting off their access to some public assistance because of conflicting interpretations on what counts as income.
Issues:Healthcare
October 21, 2024
Washington, D.C.—U.S. Representatives Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37) and Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4) led a bipartisan effort to demand a tightening of Russian oil sanctions and to question an exception granted to a U.S.-based company, Schlumberger (SLB). Specifically, the lawmakers are questioning Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Secretary Antony Blinken as to why the Biden administration has permitted SLB to serve as an accomplice to Vladimir Putin.
October 11, 2024
Washington, D.C.—Ahead of the 2025 Medicare Open Enrollment period, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, led a bicameral group of lawmakers in urging President Biden to ensure Medicare Advantage ‘Flex Cards’ do not affect Americans’ access to federal assistance for housing, food, and more.
Issues:Healthcare
October 7, 2024
Ireland has rejected Israeli calls for its UN peacekeeping troops to withdraw from Lebanon, insisting it will not evacuate them even as Israel intensifies its air campaign against the militant group Hizbollah.
October 3, 2024
It’s been an unrelenting year, with a range of emotions continuing to course through the J Street community, especially in recent days.
People are, to say the least, overwhelmed, anxious and exhausted by the endless avalanche of news – culminating in yesterday’s massive ballistic missile attack by Iran.
October 2, 2024
If you want to cast a ballot in this year’s presidential election, the deadline to register to vote is Monday.
Issues:Voting Rights
September 25, 2024
(Bloomberg) -- Chevron Corp. paid $6.25 billion in taxes and shared oil production to Nigeria, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea in 2023, three times more than the company paid to the US government. Chevron revealed the figures for the first time in a filing today under Section 1504 of the Dodd Frank Act, which was finalized in 2020 and had a publication deadline of this week.
September 23, 2024
Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37) and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led an effort to urge the Biden Administration to improve American health and well-being by lowering the cost of vital weight-loss drugs. Specifically, the members are calling for Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to use existing legal authority to issue generic licenses for semaglutide, a prescription drug commonly used to treat obesity and diabetes and is sold under the brand names of Ozempic and Wegovy. Similarly, a coalition of more than 20 organizations has also called on Secretary Becerra to take such action.
Issues:Healthcare
September 23, 2024
The classic example of chutzpah is that of the child who murders his parents and then pleads for mercy as an orphan. With the 2024 presidential election, we have a new way to illustrate the point: the candidate who condones violence, dehumanizes his opponents and whips his supporters into a frenzy, then turns around to condemn the harsh rhetoric of his opponents and call for peaceful discourse. Following the second attempt on his life in two months, Trump blamed Democrats for casting him as a threat to American democracy.
August 20, 2024
The chairs of three House committees accused President Biden of committing impeachable offenses during his tenures as vice president and as president.