Michael Crapo

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will face questions about his views on vaccines and abortion rights as he meets with senators on Capitol Hill.

Robert F. Kennedy must be confirmed by the Senate before taking office and implementing his Make America Healthy Again plan.

An analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says the negative and positive effects of the change would roughly balance each other out.

Having won the election and sweeping to power, Republicans are planning an ambitious 100-day agenda with President-elect Donald Trump in the White House and GOP lawmakers in a congressional majority to accomplish their policy goals.

Idaho’s Congressional delegation, from left to right: Rep. Russ Fulcher, Rep. Mike Simpson, Sen. Mike Crapo and Sen. Jim Risch. All are members of the Republican Party.

Embry Kidd was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

A look at who has declined to express support for Gaetz, Kennedy, Gabbard and Hegseth.

Congress returned to Washington this week with just five weeks left in this year’s legislative calendar. With a Continuing Resolution (CR) that expires December 20, 2024, either a year-end spending package or a new Continuing Resolution will need to be passed to continue funding the government. There are several health policies that may be included in this package, including policies expiring at the end of the year. Must-pass items, such as extensions for Medicare COVID-era telehealth flexibilities and policy changes that enjoy broad bipartisan, bicameral support, such as Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) Reform and BIOSECURE, are on the docket for consideration. Must-PassTelehealth Extension: Medicare FlexibilitiesThe IssueMedicare telehealth flexibilities put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic will expire at the end of this year following a two-year extension in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. Prior to the pandemic, telehealth coverage was only available with... Read the complete article here...© 2024 Foley & Lardner LLP

The incoming Republican majorities in the House and Senate mean Trump can enact a tax bill without making concessions to Democrats.

Each time he steps on a stage, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump seems to flip-flop on tax policy. Most recently, Trump declared that he would “get SALT back,” referencing a once-unlimited deduction on state and local taxes that was capped at $10,000 by ... Donald Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.Republicans like to pretend to care about fiscal responsibility, but that pretense is getting hard to maintain in the age of Trump. The tax cuts he signed only a few months into his term in 2017 blew a much larger hole in the budget than had been predicted. Extending that cut would create an explosive deficit over the next decade.Now the top Republican and tax writer on the Senate Finance Committee has a new plan for how to deal with the havoc Trump is creating with his ongoing gifts to billionaires and nonstop campaign promises: Just ignore it.

A dozen Republican senators reacted to a terrorist's plea for extradition by urging the White House and Justice Department not to allow him to live out his term abroad.

If green lighted, Lava Ridge would place up to 400 towering turbines across nearly 230 square miles of public lands in Jerome, Lincoln and Minidoka counties.