(Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Congress is preparing to consider marijuana legislation when lawmakers return to Washington in September. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, a Democrat from South Carolina and the highest-ranking Black member of Congress, sent an email to House members Friday stating that the chamber plans to hold a vote on the MORE… Read More: Congress to pick up marijuana legislation in September »
A coalition of more than 80 organizations wants Congress to pass a maternal health bill by the end of 2018. The groups, which include the American Hospital Association and American Medical Association, support legislation passed by the Senate health committee and a discussion draft version in the House that would provide federal funding for states… Read More: Provider groups urge Congress to pass maternal health bill this… »
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the likely next head of the House Oversight Committee, wants to bring the CEOs of drugmakers to grill them on the actual cause behind high drug prices. Cummings told the Washington Examiner on Tuesday that Congress has been “constantly told that nobody seems to know why prices are so high.” If… Read More: Maryland's Cummings wants drugmaker CEOs to come before Congress »