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Mass AG Urges Congress To Pass Bill To Protect Seniors - Across Massachusetts, MA - AG Healey joins bipartisan coalition urging Congress to pass H.R.1215, a bill to protect senior citizens from financial exploitation

AG Jeff Landry Urges Congress to Support Fraud and Scam Reduction Act Attorney General Jeff Landry and 46 of his colleagues are making a bipartisan push urging congressional leaders to support the Fraud and Scam Reduction Act. Posted: May 25, 2021 11:22 AM Posted By: Akemi Briggs BATON ROUGE, LA – Attorney General Jeff Landry and 46 of his colleagues are making a bipartisan push urging congressional leaders to support the Fraud and Scam Reduction Act. The act, comprised of the Stop Senior S...

AG Slatery Urges Congress To Fight Scams Targeting Seniors Tuesday, May 25, 2021 Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III is joining a coalition of 47 Attorneys General in urging congressional leaders to support the Fraud and Scam Reduction Act. The act, comprised of the Stop Senior Scam Act and Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2021, will assist stakeholders in training employees to recognize the warning signs of elder fraud and to prevent irreversible damage to elderly victims.  ...

Winner and Loser of the Week in Florida politics — Week of 4.11.21 Gov. That, of course, is the site where a compromised retention pond nearly ruptured two weeks ago. That could have created an ecological disaster. Florida is a world leader in the mining of phosphate, which is used to make fertilizer. As Piney Point showed though, what’s left behind after the processing could create a catastrophe. Residents near the reservoir got off with just a bullet whizzing past their collective ear...

Biden is seeking congressional authorization for a $1.5 trillion spending plan to be implemented in 2022. House votes MEDICARE AND STIMULUS SPENDING: The House has agreed to the Senate amendment to the Medicare Sequester Act (H.R. 1868), sponsored by Rep. John A. Yarmuth, D-Ky., to exempt Medicare from pay-as-you-go budget limits in the most recent COVID-19 stimulus spending law, and provide higher Medicaid payments to Californias public hospitals. Yarmuth said the exemption "will ensure our he...

How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week Among other legislation, the House agreed to the Senate amendment to the Medicare Sequester Act to exempt Medicare from pay-as-you-go budget limits in the most recent COVID-19 stimulus spending law. Targeted News Service HOUSE VOTES MEDICARE AND STIMULUS SPENDING: The House has agreed to the Senate amendment to the Medicare Sequester Act (H.R. 1868), sponsored by Rep. John A. Yarmuth, D-Ky., to exempt Medicare from pay-as-you-go budget limits ...

Heres a look at how area members of Congress voted House House Vote 1: MEDICARE AND STIMULUS SPENDING: The House has agreed to the Senate amendment to the Medicare Sequester Act (H.R. 1868), sponsored by Rep. John A. Yarmuth, D-Ky., to exempt Medicare from pay-as-you-go budget limits in the most recent COVID-19 stimulus spending law, and provide higher Medicaid payments to Californias public hospitals. Yarmuth said the exemption "will ensure our healthcare providers--who have been on the front ...

House of Representatives passes bills aimed to help protect seniors from consumer scams Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Alex Brandon/AP FILE - This Jan. 28, 2015, file photo, shows the Federal Trade Commission building in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) and last updated 2021-04-16 13:58:19-04 WASHINGTON (WKBW) — According to Rep. Brian Higgins (N.Y.-26) the United States House of Representatives has passed two bills aimed at protecting older Americans fr...

House House Vote 1: MEDICARE AND STIMULUS SPENDING: The House has agreed to the Senate amendment to the Medicare Sequester Act (H.R. 1868), sponsored by Rep. John A. Yarmuth, D-Ky., to exempt Medicare from pay-as-you-go budget limits in the most recent COVID-19 stimulus spending law and provide higher Medicaid payments to Californias public hospitals. The vote, on April 13, was 384 yeas to 38 nays. YEAS: Bob Gibbs R-OH (7th), Troy Balderson R-OH (12th),  NAYS: Jim Jordan R-OH (4th) House Vote...