Cassidy Slams Sanders For Labor Markup As Bipartisan Health Bills Stall

Senate health committee Ranking Republican Bill Cassidy (LA) on Wednesday slammed Chair Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for allegedly prioritizing partisan labor legislation over negotiations on key health programs that both parties want to reauthorize before they expire in September. With only 16 remaining legislative days until the August recess, Cassidy said it’s unlikely the committee will be able to make meaningful progress on bills to extend pandemic preparedness, community health center, opioid response and health workforce laws. After Sanders on Monday...