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 4 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Cornyn Lead Reauthorization of Violent Crime Reduction Program WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) in introducing the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Reauthorization Act. The bipartisan bill would reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods program, which uses evidence-based and dat  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Hoeven, Colleagues Ask Trump to Permit the Nationwide, Year-Round Sale of E15 Fuel WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, joined colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter led by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) asking President Trump to permit   more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Grassley Joins John Solomon Reports to Discuss Universal Injunctions, Whistleblower Protections and Biden's Failure to Protect Unaccompanied Migrant Children WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined the John Solomon Reports podcast to discuss his legislation to end universal injunctions, his efforts to protect whistleblowers and undo retaliation, and   more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla Cosponsors Legislation to Improve Access to Quality, Affordable Child Care for American Families Republican-proposed funding cuts to pay for tax breaks for billionaires would eliminate child care for 40,000 children, according to recent CLASP analysis WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined his colleagues in introducing bicameral legislation to help American famil  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Marshall, Ernst, and Slotkin Work to Ensure Fertilizer Access for Farmers Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) joined Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-Michigan), and other members of the Senate Agriculture Committee today urging U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to reinstate potash and add phosphate - both critical fertilizer in  more