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Democrats tried to “sneak” $400B funding into veterans’ health care bill
A bill to expand health care access for military veterans who became ill after being exposed to toxic burn pits has been stalled because of efforts of Democrats’ desire “to go on an unrelated $400 billion spending spree,” Sen. Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.) told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. Driving the news: Toomey joined other …
House Passes Bill to Expand Health Benefits for Burn Pit Exposure
WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday passed a bill that would make millions of veterans who were exposed to trash burn pits on U.S. military bases around the world eligible for medical care, the most sweeping action by the federal government to recognize that the sites may have caused a range of diseases. The legislation …
Gov. Wolf Signs Bill to Protect Public Health Measures
Today, Governor Tom Wolf signed into law House Bill 2401. House Bill 2401 amends the act of July 19, 1979, known as the Health Care Facilities Act, to extend regulatory waivers that went into effect over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. This extension will allow many waivers to remain in place until October 31, 2022 unless …
Senate Passes Bipartisan Veterans’ Health Care Bill with Funding for Two Maryland Veterans Clinics
June 16, 2022 Legislation supports opening of clinics in Baltimore, Prince George’s County Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, and Anthony G. Brown (all D-Md.) announced the Senate passage of new legislation to open two veterans clinics in Baltimore and Prince George’s …
NC health bill with Medicaid expansion gets first Senate OK
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The North Carolina Senate has given initial approval to a wide-ranging health care access bill penned by Republicans that would include Medicaid expansion, which GOP lawmakers in the chamber had opposed for years. Don’t miss the latest breaking news with push alerts on the FOX8 mobile app. The Senate voted overwhelmingly …
Google, Amazon, Meta’s Ads Divisions Face Breakup With New Bill
Photo: Mandel Ngan (Getty Images) This week, Bloomberg reported that a bipartisan group of lawmakers are inching closer to another big plan to break up big tech. But unlike grandiloquent calls for Meta to divest Instagram or for Google to divest Chrome, this new legislation would force both companies to divest the heart of their …
Elon Musk says he asked Bill Gates if he shorted Tesla stock
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Complaint About Bill Murray Halts Filming of ‘Being Mortal’
A complaint about “inappropriate behavior” by the actor Bill Murray has led Searchlight Pictures to suspend production of “Being Mortal,” a movie that was written and is being directed by Aziz Ansari, according to a person working on the production. Searchlight sent a letter on Wednesday to the cast and crew saying the suspension occurred …
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin amends bill lifting facial recognition technology ban
DANVILLE, Va. – Governor Glenn Youngkin is amending a controversial bill that could lift a partial ban on facial recognition technology in Virginia. The technology has been around for years, but local police haven’t been able to use it. “As long as it’s used responsibly and within the guidelines of the law,” Danville Police’s Captain …
Elon Musk Says Bill Gates has a $500 million short position in Tesla
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is irked at Bill Gates. He doesn’t see how Gates, a leading proponent of sustainable energy, could possibly sell Tesla’s stock short. And Musk says Gates is doing just that. In a tweet on Friday night. Musk said he believes Gates has sold short $500 million shares of Tesla (ticker: TSLA), …