Podcast: President Biden's Use of the Defense Production Act - Diagnosing Health Care
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Last week, in response to the Omicron variant, President Biden announced the Government intends to purchase 500 million at-home, rapid COVID-19 tests for distribution to Americans. According to the announcement, Americans...more
The Biden administration has invoked the Defense Production Act ("DPA") to speed up the production of vaccines and increase the domestic production of COVID-19 tests, personal protective equipment (or “PPE”), and other...more
On Saturday, March 6, 2021, by a vote of 50-49, the Senate amended and approved the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which is reconciliation legislation to provide $1.9 trillion in COVID-19 relief. The House of...more
The U.S. House of Representatives on March 10, 2021, passed the Senate-amended H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan (ARP). The ARP provides $1.9 trillion in additional relief to respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)....more
In the past week, Johnson & Johnson and Merck agreed to cooperate on production of the Janssen vaccine, and the Biden Administration used the Defense Production Act (DPA) to facilitate the arrangement. In addition, the GAO...more
In Washington: The Senate approved a budget resolution early Friday morning to eventually serve as a vehicle for the next coronavirus relief package. Vice President Harris broke a 50-50 party-line tie vote to pass the...more
Senator Mitch McConnell expresses new interest in passing a COVID-19 relief package in the lame-duck session. Despite agreeing on the need for a COVID-19 relief package, Republicans in the Senate and Democrats in the House...more
In Washington - Friday afternoon, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) hosted a meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a...more
In Washington - On 8 Aug. President Trump announced four executive actions aimed to extend economic aid to Americans while Congress remains in a stalemate over the next coronavirus relief package. The executive actions’...more