WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R43847) on April 2, 2025, entitled "Medicaid's Federal Medical Assistance Percentage" by health care financing specialist Alison Mitchel. Here are excerpts: * * * Summary Medicaid is a means-tested entitlement program that finances the delivery of primary and acute medical services as well as long-term services and supports. Medicaid is jointly funded by the federal government and the states. The feder  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Aviation Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Airport Infrastructure Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX) announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing next week to examine the current state of U.S. airport infrastructure, including challenges airports face in addressing airside and landside needs, ways the FAA Reauthor  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12354) on April 1, 2025, by income security specialist Katelin P. Isaacs: * * * The FERS Cost-of-Living-Adjustment (COLA) and the Equal COLA Act (H.R. 491 and S. 624) The Equal COLA Act was introduced in the 119th Congress as H.R. 491 on January 16, 2025, and as S. 624 on February 18, 2025. This bill, which has also been introduced in prior Congresses, would make changes to the cost-of-l  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Highways and Transit Subcommittee Chairman David Rouzer (R-NC) announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing to review the policies and programs within the United States Department of Transportation's (DOT's) Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The hearing, entitled "America Builds: A Review of Our Nation's Transit Policies and   more