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Murray: Newhouse prioritizes billionaire tax cuts over healthcare for WA families
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash, holds an August press conference in Pasco with local hospital and community health leaders to call attention to how cuts to Medicaid will impact health care. Bob Brawdy bbrawdy@tricityherald.com AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Murray says Newhouse backed billionaire tax cuts and largest Medicaid cuts in history Republicans blocked ACA tax credit extensions and cut $1 trillion from health care.
Proposal to import drugs from other countries creates unusual alliance in Senate
Harmony is not often found between two of the most boisterous senators on Capitol Hill, Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rand Paul, R-Ky. But it was there at Tuesday’s Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee markup of legislation to reauthorize the Food and Drug Administration’s user fee program, which is set to expire Sept. 30. This user fee program, which was first authorized in 1992, allows the FDA to collect fees from companies that submit applications for drug approval.
Sen. Patty Murray: That Jobs Report Didn’t Surprise Working Parents. It’s Past Time to Make Child Care Affordable for Every Family
“If we don’t solve our child care crisis, there isn’t going to be an economic recovery,” warns U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), co-sponsor of the Child Care for Working Families Act. Of the 4.2 million women who dropped out of the labor force between February and April of 2020, nearly 2 million women have yet to return.
Sen. Patty Murray: Year of the Woman in 1992 and the 2018 Midterms
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) first ran for the Senate in 1992, motivated—like many of her contemporaries—by the anger she felt at how Anita Hill was treated when she described being sexual harassed by Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas in front of an all-male, all-white Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991.
Stand with veterans instead of predatory for-profit colleges
This fall, hundreds of thousands of veterans are attending college with help from the GI Bill, benefits they earned in their service to our country. First created in the 1940s and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the GI Bill has helped millions of veterans pursue a college degree or vocational training so they can get good jobs here at home and be a part of the middle class.
Every young learner deserves affordable, high-quality education
All around the country, child care workers get up every morning and go to their jobs where they care for, inspire and help raise our youngest learners. They teach our kids how to read, how to hold a pencil, how to take turns and share with their classmates, how to resolve disagreements and so much more. And yet, at the end of a long, tiring, often thankless day, so many of these professionals go home only to worry about how they will make ends meet. They are not alone.
Sen. Murray Pans Trump’s Transgender Military Ban
Doubling down on hateful, ideological agenda, President Trump’s reckless ban “needlessly undermines our national security and values,” Senator says.U.S. Senator Patty Murray, D-Washington, a senior member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s newly-released order banning transgender individuals from military service.
Murray Says Trump Is Wallowing in the Swamp - Nisqually Valley News: Opinion
Editor’s Note: Sen. Patty Murray was in Seattle Tuesday touring FareStart, a Washington nonprofit organization that helps homeless and disadvantaged men and women transform their lives through job training and placement. She gave the following speech. I want to thank FareStart for showing me around to learn about what you do here. This program really exemplifies what so many of us here in Washington state believe — that we should be lifting up people who want to participate in the workforce.
Senate deal reached on reduced Zika funding measure - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather
WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior Senate Democrat says there's a deal to advance a $1.1 billion measure to battle the Zika virus. The bill is smaller than President Barack Obama's $1.9 billion request but is expected to get sweeping support in a vote next week. Sen. Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat, told reporters that she still prefers Obama's proposal but has reached agreement with Missouri Republican Sen. Roy Blunt on the smaller amount, which is likely to be added to a separate bill.
Senate deal reached on reduced Zika funding measure - FOX 8 WVUE New Orleans News, Weather, Sports, Social
WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior Senate Democrat says there's a deal to advance a $1.1 billion measure to battle the Zika virus. The bill is smaller than President Barack Obama's $1.9 billion request but is expected to get sweeping support in a vote next week. Sen. Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat, told reporters that she still prefers Obama's proposal but has reached agreement with Missouri Republican Sen. Roy Blunt on the smaller amount, which is likely to be added to a separate bill.
Senate deal reached on reduced Zika funding measure - CBS News 8 - San Diego, CA News Station - KFMB Channel 8
Several hundred protesters opposing Donald Trump have gathered outside the California hotel where he was scheduled to speak to Republicans and some broke through a steel barricade to approach the venue's entrance Several hundred protesters opposing Donald Trump have gathered outside the California hotel where he was scheduled to speak to Republicans and some broke through a steel barricade to approach the venue's entrance Donald Trump, the outsider, made his case to California's Republican...
Senate deal reached on reduced Zika funding measure - 12 News
The second trial in the Freddie Gray case gets under way Thursday, and it will be different than the one that ended last year with a hung jury. Prosecutors say Edward Nero, whose trial in the arrest and subsequent death of Freddie Gray began Thursday, failed in his duty when he and other officers unlawfully arrested Gray, then neglected to buckle the shackled...
Senate deal reached on reduced Zika funding measure - wistv.com - Columbia, South Carolina
WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior Senate Democrat says there's a deal to advance a $1.1 billion measure to battle the Zika virus. The bill is smaller than President Barack Obama's $1.9 billion request but is expected to get sweeping support in a vote next week. Sen. Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat, told reporters that she still prefers Obama's proposal but has reached agreement with Missouri Republican Sen. Roy Blunt on the smaller amount, which is likely to be added to a separate bill.
Senate deal reached on reduced Zika funding measure - WAFF-TV: News, Weather and Sports for Huntsville, AL
WASHINGTON (AP) - A senior Senate Democrat says there's a deal to advance a $1.1 billion measure to battle the Zika virus. The bill is smaller than President Barack Obama's $1.9 billion request but is expected to get sweeping support in a vote next week. Sen. Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat, told reporters that she still prefers Obama's proposal but has reached agreement with Missouri Republican Sen. Roy Blunt on the smaller amount, which is likely to be added to a separate bill.
Senate deal reached on reduced Zika funding measure - News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports |
Several hundred protesters opposing Donald Trump have gathered outside the California hotel where he was scheduled to speak to Republicans and some broke through a steel barricade to approach the venue's entrance Several hundred protesters opposing Donald Trump have gathered outside the California hotel where he was scheduled to speak to Republicans and some broke through a steel barricade to approach the venue's entrance Donald Trump, the outsider, made his case to California's Republican...
A Needed Step Toward Fair Pay and Workplace Safety | Commentary
Rodney Bridgett’s wife buried her husband on their 14th wedding anniversary. After five months at his new job at a plant in northeast Nebraska, Rodney was standing beneath a piece of equipment just as the safety chain that held it up suddenly snapped, and crushed him.
Retirement in America: Navigating the Perfect Storm | Commentary
When it comes to retirement in America, were sailing directly into a perfect storm. Never before in human history have more people been looking ahead to more years of retirement. At just the moment that our largest generation, the baby boomers, is entering its golden years, it is becoming harder for Americans to save for retirement. Right when more people are jumping in the boat for a longer period of time, its springing some leaks.
National Labor Relations Act at 80: Continuing the Fight to Protect Workers' Rights | Commentary
In 1935, in the midst of the Great Depression and at a time of instability and uncertainty for families across the country, our nation recognized the need to protect the rights of workers to improve their pay and working conditions through collective bargaining. Thats why Congress passed a law called the National Labor Relations Act. Under the NLRA, which President Franklin D.
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