Senate Finance Committee chairman Mike Crapo. R-Idaho, and ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued a discussion draft Thursday of bipartisan legislation aimed at improving procedures and administration at the Internal Revenue Service, with the support of the American Institute of CPAs.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced about 3.5 hours of questioning on topics including his past comments on vaccines and abortion during the first of his two confirmation hearings.
The outage came after the Trump administration on Monday ordered a sweeping pause on federal spending. States and lawmakers early Tuesday began reporting that portals across the country were inaccessible.
Yesterday’s confusion over a White House freeze on federal financial assistance has already been featured in Kennedy’s confirmation hearing. “There was a significant amount of time yeste
This article was updated to correct Sen. Ron Wyden’s (D-Ore.) role on the Senate Finance Committee The Senate Finance Committee voted 16-11 on Tuesday morning to advance
Trump's pick for HHS Secretary faces questions from the left and right over his health stances. But will that stop his confirmation? Follow along for updates.
Idaho, right, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and Ranking Member Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks during Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's choice to be
Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s confirmation hearings began Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee. He appears before the Health, Education, Labor and Pension committee on Thursday.
While this is a blow to the Democrats and to Biden’s legacy, Sen. Ron Wyden believes — as the title of his new book indicates — that “It Takes Chutzpah” to fight for progressive change.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told the Senate Finance Committee that he is not anti-vaccine during his confirmation hearing for secretary of health and human services.
In his opening remarks, Idaho Senator Mike Crapo, the Finance committee's chairman, praised Kennedy's “commitment to combatting chronic conditions" and said prioritizing disease prevention “ will save lives, reduce costs and build a healthier, stronger country.”
Kennedy said his goal, should he clear the nomination process, is to execute the president’s directive to “make America healthy again” and end a “chronic disease epidemic” by focusing