All three firms conduct market research for Western firms on investing in China.

Neither [Senate Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell nor I want a shutdown.President Biden is expected to sign the bill if it passes the Senate.

while dozens of Republicans opposed it.McCarthys ouster paralyzed the House from moving any legislation for three weeks amid Republican Party infighting over who should replace him.the government is set to shutdown Saturday.

and ended up in the same situation as McCarthy needing Democratic votes to pass a bill that did not include spending cuts demanded by conservatives.Why is the government facing another shutdown?Congress is responsible for passing a dozen appropriations bills that fund many federal government agencies for another year before the start of a new fiscal year on Oct.

while the Senate has passed three that were grouped together in a minibus.

By the time Johnson took the gavel.Performance fees have also boosted Medicare patients prescription costs at the pharmacy counter by hundreds of millions of dollars.

000 or so independent pharmacies had accepted its terms.The clawbackshave balloonedfrom about $9 million in 2010 to $12.

an agency created to advise Congress on the program for people who are 65 and older or have disabilities.including charging patients for delivery services and starting an all-cash concierge clinic.