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November 4, 2024
AUSTIN, TX – Central Texans have an exciting opportunity to access high-quality, affordable health insurance starting November 1st through HealthCare.gov. The 2025 Open Enrollment period runs from November 1, 2024 to January 15, 2025, offering
Issues:Healthcare
October 25, 2024
It's time for Austin-area voters to cast their ballots in the Nov. 5 general election. Early voting started Monday in Texas and several races will be decided, including the presidential race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Early voting ends Nov. 1.
October 23, 2024
A bipartisan coalition in Congress is demanding the Biden administration tighten sanctions on Russia’s oilfield services industry, alleging the current rules are enabling a major US firm to fuel Vladimir Putin’s war machine.
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.
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.