Committee Chairman Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) and Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) reintroduced legislation to promote programs that combat loneliness in older adults. The Social Engagement and Network Initiatives for Older Relief (SENIOR) Act was reintroduced. This proposal adds loneliness to the definition of disease prevention and health promotion services under the Older Americans Act. This
Tell Your Members of Congress Not to Cut Hundreds of Billions from Medicaid and to Preserve the Nursing Home Staffing Rule Medicaid covers nearly half of all births in the country, and around two-thirds of nursing home stays. In 41 states that expanded the program as part of the Affordable Care Act, it also covers millions of working-class Americans with incomes
Prosecutors said the woman was intoxicated when she crashed into another car in Missouri, killing a passenger, on Jan. 5, 2022, a year after she joined the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol. Emily Hernandez, a Missouri woman convicted in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot who President Trump pardoned, was sentenced to 10 years in
On her first day in office, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memorandum scaling back the disclosure requirements of foreign lobbying under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The memo reads in part: “Recourse to criminal charges under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and 18 U.S.C. § 951 shall be limited to instances of alleged conduct
Recent Comments