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Legislation to make D.C. the 51st state advanced from the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Wednesday, paving the way for approval by the full House for the second consecutive year — possibly as soon as next week.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday ended restrictions on mailing abortion pills during the pandemic, after the Trump administration moved to keep the decades-old requirement for in-person pickup of the drug amid the public health emergency surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.
A group of House Democrats are asking the administration to create a plan for how it will protect the self-sustaining model of the Technology Modernization Fund and how it will pick projects to fund in the wake of a massive boost in TMF funding from the American Rescue Plan.
"Do you have any idea," asked "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty, "how many buildings bear the Sackler name?"
"You know, I have no idea," replied New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe. "There are so many all over the country, all over the world."
On September 22, 2001 — 11 days after terrorists toppled the Twin Towers and part of the Pentagon — President George W. Bush signed into law the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.
Despite high approval ratings or wide popularity, well-known members of Congress are not the most effective lawmakers, according to a report from the Center for Effective Lawmaking.
A new government report says the United States spent $162 million getting Gilead’s covid-19 drug remdesivir to market but opted against seeking government patents because Gilead invented the experimental medicine years earlier.