Summary
With Congress back from summer recess, we provide a status update on various health-related legislative priorities, including government funding and COVID-19 aid, mental health, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) user fees, and interoperability. All of these items require bipartisan support in the Senate, but lawmakers’ appetite for bipartisanship is waning as midterm elections are only nine weeks away. Democrats are slightly favored to win the Senate, and Republicans are favored to win the House.