The money is intended to help the Food and Drug Administration increase its staff and prepare for future shortages of infant formula.
Author: Emily Cochrane
McConnell and Other Republican Senators Make Secret Visit to Ukraine
The visit by the Senate minority leader included a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
U.S. lawmakers struggle with how to get a Covid aid package passed over an immigration fight.
The White House has repeatedly pushed for a $22.5 billion package at home and abroad, warning about the dire consequences of inaction. But a smaller package — whittled down to $10 billion — has been stalled in the Senate.
Pelosi Increases House Staff Pay Scale, Setting a New Wage Floor
The speaker said staff aides would earn at least $45,000 annually and boosted the pay cap to $203,700. She also set a vote on a bill to protect those who unionize.
Lisa Murkowski Bets Big on the Center in Alaska
The Republican senator is leaning into her centrist credentials and bipartisan ties in her re-election race, hoping that voters will reward moderation as the G.O.P. has lurched to the right.
Coronavirus cases leave Senate Democrats temporarily without the votes they need to get some business done.
In an evenly divided Senate, neither party can afford to be without a single member.
Kamala Harris Will Preside Over Jackson’s Confirmation, but No Black Women Will Have a Vote
As President Biden’s nominee breaks a barrier on the Supreme Court, the Senate lacks a single Black woman to approve the confirmation.
Nancy Pelosi Tests Positive for Coronavirus
The speaker, 82, was asymptomatic, and had previously been vaccinated and boosted, a spokesman said.
Coronavirus Response Bill Stalls Amid Dispute Over Immigration Policy
Republicans blocked a move to bring up a $10 billion Covid response package after Democrats refused to consider amendments, including one to keep in place pandemic-era immigration curbs.
Pandemic Aid Bill Stalls Amid Dispute Over Immigration Restrictions
Republicans blocked a move to bring up a $10 billion Covid response package after Democrats refused to consider amendments, including one to keep in place pandemic-era immigration curbs.