On December 21, President Joe Biden signed into law the American Relief Act, 2025 (H.R. 10515), a continuing resolution (CR) that keeps the federal government funded at current levels through March 14. Passage of the bill narrowly avoided a government shutdown that...
Congress reconvened on November 12 following former President Donald Trump’s (R) victory in the presidential election over Vice President Kamala Harris (D) and Republicans winning majority control of both the Senate and House of Representatives on November 6. The...
Congress has been in recess for the month of October, with lawmakers not scheduled to return until November 12, the week following Election Day. Over the recess, the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 8702) surpassed 218 cosponsors in the U.S. House of...
Congress successfully passed a continuing resolution (H.R. 9747) to fund the federal government through December 20 before recessing for the month of October. Lawmakers are not scheduled to return to Capitol Hill until November 12, following Election Day. The stopgap...
Capitol Hill has been quiet this month, with both chambers of Congress having adjourned for August recess and not scheduled to reconvene until September 9. Congress has until the end of the fiscal year on September 30 to pass government funding legislation and avoid a...
The House of Representatives adjourned for August recess on July 25, a week ahead of schedule, and does not plan to reconvene until mid-September. Before leaving for recess, the House Appropriations Committee approved its fiscal year (FY) 2025 Labor-Health and Human...
Although the planned date of introduction was pushed back by a few days, on June 12th the Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act was reintroduced. RNS was proud to join as an endorsing organization. Already the legislation has 146 cosponsors in the House, which...
In April, RNS endorsed the Nurse Faculty Shortage Reduction Act (S.2815/H.R.7002), bipartisan legislation that would establish a Nurse Faculty Grant Program to increase the number of qualified nursing faculty. The program would be administered via the Health Resources...
On March 19th and March 20th, the RNS Advocacy Task Force visited Washington, D.C. to engage with policymakers and other stakeholders on issues impacting rheumatology nurses and advance practice providers (APPs). On the first day, we heard from Shanna Hartman, who is...
At the time of this writing, Congress is considering another temporary continuing resolution (CR) to extend government funding. This latest stopgap measure would extend funding for one set of agencies and departments through March 8 and the remaining set through March...