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Education Policy Update | June 2019

By Scott Frein & Laura Fornash on June 17, 2019

Federal Updates The House brought its first FY20 appropriations bills to the floor in a “minibus” that included the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education, Defense, State-Foreign Operations, Energy-Water, and Legislative Branch bills last week and is expected to vote on the package early this week. The Department of Education published a notice in the Federal Register proposing regulations regarding “Student Assistance General Provisions, the Secretary’s Recognition of Accrediting Agencies, the Secretary’s Recognition Procedures for State Agencies”. The deadline…

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Washington Healthcare Update: June 17, 2019

By Stephanie Kennan & Mariam Eatedali on June 17, 2019

Hearings/Markups Senate Committee on the Judiciary: “The State of Patent Eligibility in America: Part III” Tuesday, June 11, 2019: The Senate Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held a hearing continuing its work on patent eligibility, with a large panel of witnesses, most of whom are arguing in favor of statutory reform that would tighten up the law of eligibility. Find the draft bill here. Find witness testimonies and hearing updates as they become available here Why…

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By Michael Drobac, Greg Walden, Amanda Armistead, Casey Stokes & Lauren Stroupe on June 14, 2019

Border Funding Next Wednesday, the Senate Appropriations Committee will markup a $4.5 billion supplemental funding bill per the President’s request for more funding to secure the border. National Defense Authorization Act Leader McConnell (R-KY) is also expected to bring the FY20 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to the floor. FY20 Spending Bills The House will vote on its first FY20 minibus early next week before bringing up its second package of spending bills, including the…

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Congress: Week in Review | June 13, 2019

By Michael Drobac, Greg Walden, Amanda Armistead, Casey Stokes & Lauren Stroupe on June 13, 2019

Net Neutrality The Senate spent the week considering another slew of judicial nominations, but on Tuesday, Senate Democrats tried to force a vote on House-passed net neutrality legislation. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Wicker (R-MS) objected. The effort was largely symbolic on the one year anniversary of the FCC repealing Obama-era net neutrality regulations. The Democratic-controlled House passed the Save the Internet Act earlier this year with little expectation of the Republican-controlled Senate taking it up.…

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Washington Healthcare Update: June 10, 2019

By Stephanie Kennan & Mariam Eatedali on June 11, 2019

Hearings House Energy & Commerce, Subcommittee on Health: “Investing in America’s Healthcare” The Health Subcommittee of the Committee on Energy and Commerce held a hearing on health care extenders, discussing the following legislation: H.R. 1767, the “Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act” H.R. 1943, the “Community Health Center and Primary Care Workforce Expansion Act of 2019” H.R. 2328, the “Community Health Investment, Modernization, and Excellence Act of 2019” H.R. 2668…

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By Michael Drobac, Greg Walden, Amanda Armistead, Casey Stokes & Lauren Stroupe on June 7, 2019

FY20 Appropriations Bills The House will start bringing FY20 appropriations bills to the floor next Wednesday with the Senate Appropriations expected to start marking up its bills shortly thereafter. Pending Nominations The Senate will continue considering pending executive branch and judicial nominations, including Edward Crawford’s nomination to be Ambassador to Ireland. FY20 National Defense Authorization Act Senate Majority Leader McConnell (R-KY) and Armed Services Committee Chairman Inhofe (R-OK) are aiming to bring the FY20 National…

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Congress: Week in Review | June 6, 2019

By Michael Drobac, Amanda Armistead, Greg Walden, Casey Stokes & Lauren Stroupe on June 6, 2019

Disaster Aid Legislation Passes, Senate Continues to Process Nominations With the President in the United Kingdom for a state visit, the House and Senate returned to Washington on Monday after the weeklong Memorial Day recess. The House immediately passed a supplemental disaster aid bill, sending it to the President for his signature. The Senate continued to process executive branch and judicial nominations, including Andrew Saul’s nomination to be Commissioner of Social Security and Heath Tarbert’s…

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Inside Health Policy Quotes Stephanie Kennan on Coverage of Azar Supreme Court Case

By Stephanie Kennan on June 6, 2019

McGuireWoods Consulting senior vice president, Stephanie Kennan, commented on the U.S. Supreme Court decision in a recent Medicare reimbursement case in a June 3 article for Inside Health Policy. The court rejected Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services’ (CMS) argument that it had broad authority to issue its own legal interpretations of the Medicare statute without going through the rulemaking process. It ruled 7-to-1 that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) neglected its…

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By Michael Drobac, Greg Walden, Amanda Armistead, Casey Stokes & Lauren Stroupe on May 31, 2019

Pending Nominations When the Senate returns on Monday, it will take up Andrew Saul’s nomination to be Commissioner of Social Security before moving to a number of other pending judicial and executive branch nominations, including Rita Baranwal’s nomination to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy. Disaster Aid The House returns on Tuesday and is expected to pass the Senate-passed supplemental disaster aid bill, sending it to the President for his signature.…

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Congress: Week in Review | May 30, 2019

By Michael Drobac, Greg Walden, Amanda Armistead, Casey Stokes & Lauren Stroupe on May 30, 2019

Disaster Aid The House and Senate are in recess this week coinciding with Memorial Day. Before leaving last week, the Senate reached agreement on a long-stalled disaster aid package and passed it overwhelmingly. The House had already left Washington, but leadership attempted to pass the bill by unanimous consent. Rep. Roy (R-TX) remained in town on Friday to object. Rep. Massie (R-KY) did the same this week, delaying passage until after the recess. TRACED Act…

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