Kennedy Assures Panel on Funding for Health Research at Public Universities
Funding
Kennedy Assures Panel on Funding for Health Research at Public Universities
2025-05-21 20:27:48
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate panel on Tuesday that he’s looking at a variety of different ways to assure major universities continue to get research funding despite a ban on coverage of “indirect costs”... Read More

Billions, and More, for Lawmakers’ Projects in Spending Bill
In The States
Billions, and More, for Lawmakers' Projects in Spending Bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Home-district projects for members of Congress are back, sprinkled across the government-wide $1.5 trillion bill President Joe Biden signed recently. The official tally shows amounts modest by past standards yet spread widely around the country — and that understate... Read More

Negotiators Say They’ve Reached ‘Breakthrough’ in Government Funding Talks
Federal Budget
Negotiators Say They’ve Reached 'Breakthrough' in Government Funding Talks
2022-02-09 19:08:45
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON— House and Senate appropriators announced Wednesday that they’ve agreed on a framework for approving a fiscal year 2022 spending plan. Though they offered little insight into what the framework is, the chairs of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees... Read More

ME Senate: Susan Collins (R)
Senate Watch
ME Senate: Susan Collins (R)
2020-10-28 16:07:21
by TWN Staff

About Collins: Susan Collins has been recognized by her colleagues as one of the hardest working members of Congress.  During her entire time in the U.S. Senate, she has never missed a roll-call vote – more than 7,300. Collins is... Read More

MS Senate: Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)
Senate Watch
MS Senate: Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)
2020-10-28 13:42:10
by TWN Staff

About Hyde-Smith:  Cindy Hyde-Smith is a member of the U.S Senate from Mississippi. She assumed office in 2018 and will be seeking re-election on November 3, 2020. The senator was appointed by Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant in a special run-off... Read More

Straight From The Well
scroll top