Editor’s note: This is the first part of a two-part column. Look for the second part in the January 2021 Advocacy Spotlight.

The 116th Congress that convened on January 3, 2019, has been a busy and unusual Congress, with active consideration of a number of healthcare-related issues. ASCA advocated for its members through the first session of the 116th Congress, which ran from January 2019 to January 2020. The second session, which runs January 2020 through January 2021, was mostly focused on the federal response to the coronavirus.