In Washington: On Wednesday, President Biden told House Democrats that he is willing to compromise on the individual stimulus payments’ income eligibility limits but remained firm on the checks’ size being $1,400. Biden said...more
2/4/2021
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In Washington: As reported yesterday, the “Gang of 10” Republican lawmakers met with President Joe Biden to negotiate on Covid-19 relief after offering a $618 trillion counterproposal that was less than one-third the size of...more
2/3/2021
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The COVID-19 Report is a compilation of coronavirus news, analysis, and insights from around the world to help life sciences and health care companies stay current in this challenging time....more
2/2/2021
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In Washington: A group of 10 GOP senators unveiled an estimated $618 billion coronavirus relief proposal on Monday ahead of a meeting with President Biden to discuss relief legislation. The group will meet with Biden and Vice...more
2/2/2021
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In Washington: On Friday, President Biden pushed Congress to act urgently on his proposed COVID-19 relief package as the White House scraps to garner bipartisan support. "[T]his is a time to act now,” Biden said during a...more
2/1/2021
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In Washington: House Democrats are altering the House calendar to speed up passing a COVID-19 relief through a reconciliation package by mid-March. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) announced that the House will not...more
1/27/2021
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In Washington: Moderna is accelerating its testing on booster shots to vaccinate against the different variants and mutations in strains of COVID. Alarm bells have sounded after research shows the Moderna vaccine was six...more
1/26/2021
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In Washington: On Jan. 20, Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States as he and Kamala Harris were sworn into office in front of the Capitol building that only two weeks prior was the scene of the Jan. 6 Capitol...more
1/22/2021
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In Washington: President-elect Joe Biden unveiled the first plan to is two-part $1.9 trillion stimulus package calling on Congress to approve $415 billion in emergency spending to scale up vaccinations, testing, and other...more
1/15/2021
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In Washington: The White House Coronavirus Task Force is warning that there may be a new fast-spreading U.S.A. variant of the coronavirus. "This fall/winter surge has been at nearly twice the rate of rise of cases as the...more
1/12/2021
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In the Capitol:
The U.S. Capitol was engulfed in chaos on Wednesday, as supporters of President Trump, responding to his call to head there, breached the complex, resulting in violence in the seat of America's federal...more
1/7/2021
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In Washington:
On Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump threatened to turn a month’s worth of negotiations and passage of the COVID-19 and FY2021 omnibus appropriations bills upside down by suggesting that he might veto...more
12/24/2020
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In Washington:
The House and Senate both passed the $900 billion coronavirus stimulus bill on Monday with overwhelming bipartisan majorities: 359-53 in the House and 92-6 in the Senate. ...more
12/23/2020
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In Tuesday's Report: An overview of EU and German financing measures for companies responding to COVID-19; U.S. passes relief legislation affecting surprise billing; U.K. traveler bans; an analysis of key considerations in...more
In Washington:
After months of not reaching an agreement on a coronavirus stimulus package, congressional leaders announced Sunday evening they have agreed to a roughly $900 billion COVID-19 relief package. ...more
12/22/2020
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In Washington:
With only hours to spare, House and Senate lawmakers were forced to pass a last-minute short-term extension of government funding (H.J. Res. 107) to stave off a government shutdown while congressional...more
12/21/2020
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In Washington:
Top Senate Republicans indicated on Thursday that Congress is increasingly likely to need a brief stopgap government funding bill lasting several days to clinch a spending and coronavirus relief deal. Friday...more
12/18/2020
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In Washington:
The “four corners”— House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)—are reportedly...more
12/17/2020
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In Washington:
The bipartisan “908 negotiators” unveiled summaries and text of their $908 billion coronavirus relief proposal that has now been divided into two sections to allow the House and Senate to vote on the...more
12/16/2020
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In Washington:
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is splitting its $908 billion coronavirus relief proposal into two packages. The plan reportedly will include a $160 billion proposal that ties together the two most...more
12/16/2020
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Tuesday, 15 December 2020 -
The Hogan Lovells Government Relations and Public Affairs group is tracking all of the latest developments in the U.S. Congress and relevant news stories....more
In Washington:
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) vaccine advisory panel voted to recommend that the FDA authorize the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for emergency use. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...more
12/11/2020
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In Washington:
The House passed a one-week funding extension (HR 8900) to give lawmakers more time to finalize a fiscal 2021 spending package and coronavirus relief. The vote was 343-67. The measure (HR 8900) now goes to...more
12/10/2020
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In Washington:
President-elect Joe Biden picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his health secretary. Becerra was a defender of the Affordable Care Act. Separately, Biden picked a Harvard infectious...more
12/8/2020
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In Washington:
On Thursday, the U.S. experienced the deadliest 24 Hours since the Coronavirus pandemic began as a record 2,777 Americans died in just 24 hours. More than 14 million Americans have now tested positive,...more
12/7/2020
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