WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., has introduced legislation (S. 2080) to amend the Public Health Service Act "to increase the number of permanent faculty in palliative care at accredited allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, social work schools, and other programs, including physician assistant education programs, to promote education and research in palliative care and hospice, and to support the development of faculty careers in academic palliative medi  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., has introduced legislation (S. 2106) to amend title 38, U.S. Code, "to prohibit smoking on the premises of any facility of the Veterans Health Administration." The bill was introduced on July 11 and has 11 co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Jack Reed, D-R.I., Patty Murray, D-Wash., Thomas R. Carper, D-Del., Jeff M  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, has introduced legislation (S. 2092) to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to modernize the funding of wildlife conservation. The bill was introduced on July 11 and has eight co-sponsors. Co-sponsors include Sens. Doug Jones, D-Ala., Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., Deb Fischer, R-Neb., Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, and John Boozman, R-Ark. The legislation was referred   more