Advocacy & Policy

In an Oct. 15 letter to Congress, Department of Treasury Secretary Jack Lew warned that the “extraordinary measures” that have been employed to preserve the nat

The Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee Oct. 7 held a hearing to discuss the importance of investing in the National Institutes of Health (NI

The Senate Sept. 24 rejected a short-term funding extension that also would have stripped federal funds from Planned Parenthood. The Senate failed, 47-52, to sh

With less than two weeks before the start of the new federal fiscal year, Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are scrambling to avert a government shutdown by re

The AAMC joined more than 2,500 national, state, and local organizations in a Sept. 10 letter calling on Congress to avoid the impending fiscal crisis and end s

AAMC President and CEO Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., Sept. 4 applauded Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) for introducing the Next Generation

Congress returns to Washington Sept. 8 to face the annual challenge of coming up with a plan to fund the government in the new federal fiscal year. This year, h

Group Letter Supporting Retaining HHS Extramural Salary Cap at Executive Level II.

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) July 14 released its annual Mid-Session Review, which updates the administration’s estimates for outlays,

The Senate Appropriations Committee July 16 passed (28-2) the fiscal year (FY) 2016 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Rela