Senate Democrats blocked a bill that proponents said would ensure that newborns surviving abortions received medical care and critics said would add legal risks for doctors. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act failed with a 52-47 vote,
The bill would require that infants born alive after an attempted abortion receive the same protection as any newborn baby, and threaten medical providers with prison time for failing to resuscitate them.
The abortion survivors disagree ... She was disgusted by a social media post by Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., this week calling the Republicans' claims about the bill "s—t that ain't true."
Senate Republicans failed on Wednesday to invoke cloture on a bill legislating care for infants “born alive” during attempted abortions, with the motion largely serving to get
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's pick to lead the top U.S. health agency, is set to face a grilling from Senate Democrats and Republicans on Wednesday over his views on vaccines, abortion,
President Trump's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget faced a tough grilling from Democratic lawmakers on the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday.
Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week. Along with this week’s roll call votes, the House also passed a bill (H.R. 207), to
President Donald Trump’s budget office has rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants , less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The White House confirmed that OMB pulled the memo Wednesday in a two sentence notice sent to agencies and departments, but said that Trump’s underlying executive orders targeting federal spending in areas like diversity, equity and inclusion and climate change, remained in place.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s confirmation hearings began Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee. Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, who was vocal in criticizing vaccine requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic,
His stances, which include unscientific beliefs that AIDS is not caused by HIV and that a large number of vaccines should be stripped from the market, could have major impacts on the agency designed to protect America’s health,