McConnell Adds FDARA To Senate Calendar With Rule XIV

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) used Rule XIV to place the House-passed user fee package on the Senate calendar Monday (July 17). The move is a step forward for the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017, which might see expedited movement after Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)'s surgery forced McConnell to delay the Senate's consideration of the Better Care Reconciliation Act, according to a longtime FDA observer. “The first question is, does the McCain surgery, now that the health care vote...