WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., has introduced legislation (H.R. 3704) to "have education funds follow the student." The bill was introduced on June 4 and has nine co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Randy Weber, R-Texas, Mary E. Miller, R-Ill., Scott Desjarlais, R-Tenn., Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., Burgess Owens, R-Utah, Yvette Herrell, R-N.M., Ted Budd, R-N.C., and Barry Moore, R-Ala. The legislation was jointly referred to the House Ways and Mea  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., has introduced legislation (H.R. 3733) to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act "to require skilled nursing facilities, nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities for the intellectually disabled, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities to permit essential caregivers access during any public health emergency under the Medicare and Medicaid programs." The bill was introduced on June 4 and and has nine co-sponsors. Co-sponso  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, has introduced legislation (H.R. 3802) to "make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants for the transportation of highly rural veterans to medical care." The bill was introduced on June 8 and has seven co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Reps. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Chris Pappas, D-N.H., Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Cindy Axne, D-Iowa, Pete Stauber, R-Minn., Yvette Herrell, R-N.M., and Del. Amata Radewagen, R  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., has introduced legislation (S. 1975) to "protect a person's ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care provider's ability to provide abortion services." The bill was introduced on June 8 and has 47 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Cather  more