Republicans argue financial advantage will help protect House majority in midterms 

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Republicans’ House campaign arm is arguing that, six months out from election day, its financial advantage over Democrats will help protect the party’s House majority in the midterms. In a new memo, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) touted its $78.2 million cash on hand after the first quarter, higher than their Democratic counterpart’s $69.9…

Savings from Most-Favored-Nation Drug Pricing Policy

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Executive Summary The Trump Administration has designed a Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) drug pricing policy framework to address the major differences in drug prices and contributions to the pharmaceutical innovation enterprise across developed countries. To date, the Administration has reached voluntary MFN pricing agreements with 17 of the largest pharmaceutical manufacturers in the world. Moving forward, the

Amid attacks by Trump, Justice Gorsuch says “my loyalty is to the Constitution”

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Washington — Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch rebuffed President Trump’s suggestion that members of the high court owe loyalty to the president who appointed them, saying that his loyalty is to the Constitution and the laws of the United States. The president has repeatedly lambasted the Supreme Court for its 6-3 ruling in February invalidating

250+ Democrats urge Supreme Court to overturn abortion pill ruling

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A majority of Democrats in the House and Senate submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court on Monday seeking to protect access to the abortion pill mifepristone.  Forty-seven Democratic senators and 212 House members urged the high court to overturn the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling reinstating an in-person requirement to obtain mifepristone,…