Blue Dog Dems Side With GOP, Want Votes On Low-Hanging Rx Bills

In line with House Republicans, Blue Dog Democrats on Tuesday (Oct. 8) urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to hold votes on several bipartisan drug pricing bills, instead of wrapping them into government price negotiation legislation that Republicans oppose. The Blue Dog coalition called on the California Democrat to hold votes on seven individual pieces of drug pricing legislation that they say could pass the Republican-led Senate. The House already passed three of the measures, but they were coupled with partisan...