All posts tagged "congress"

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  Drug Prices Don’t Budge Even After Pressure From Congress

  WASHINGTON — Congress’s routine of publicly shaming drug company executives over high prices works no better than a placebo: It may make some people feel better, but it doesn’t treat the problem. In the last two years,...

  • Posted November 16, 2016
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  Aponte Hernández Demands Congress to Admit PR as 51st State

  Pro-statehood Representative notes NPP’s victory in last elections as another step into gaining admission

  • Posted November 16, 2016
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  New Congress: Minorities Gain But Still Overwhelmingly White

  WASHINGTON — Meet the new Congress – the first Latina senator, three House members moving across the Capitol to the Senate and a few former lawmakers who seized their old jobs back. Just like college freshmen, the...

  • Posted November 14, 2016
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  Congress struggles to finish Zika aid, prevent shutdown

  WASHINGTON – Congressional negotiators on Monday pressed to wrap up a must-do spending bill to prevent an election-season government shutdown and finally provide money to battle the threat of the Zika virus, but numerous sticking points remain and...

  • Posted September 19, 2016
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  U.S. Officials Urge for Policies to Grow Puerto Rico’s Economy

  Calls for parity on federal healthcare funds, tools to incentivize labor participation

  • Posted August 26, 2016
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  Congress Members Urge for More Funding to Fight Zika

  Democratic lawmakers demand allocation of $1.9B in emergency funding

  • Posted August 17, 2016
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  As Zika Fears Escalate, Lawmakers Point Fingers From Afar

  As the Zika virus escalates into a public health crisis, members of Congress remain entrenched politically

  • Posted August 4, 2016
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  House Appoints Hatch to Promesa Task Force

  Republican senator tasked to investigate the causes and possible solutions to Puerto Rico’s debt crisis

  • Posted July 27, 2016
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  $32B for Interior Department and EPA spending bill faces veto threat

  The Interior and EPA funding bill is part of the $1 trillion-plus budget

  • Posted July 13, 2016
• P.R. Governor Names New DRNA Secretary

    Governor Alejandro García Padilla appointed Nelson J. Santiago Marrero as the secretary of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DRNA for its initials in Spanish). Santiago Marrero substitutes Carmen R. Guerrero Pérez, who left the...

  • Posted July 6, 2016
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