Despite a plea from the committee chair, three House Energy & Commerce Democrats blocked House Democratic leadership’s Medicare drug price negotiation bill (H.R. 3) from passing out of committee, but H.R. 3 will be included in the House budget reconciliation bill anyway because the Ways & Means Committee subsequently passed the bill. The E&C defections show the difficulty House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) faces in keeping her party unified on drug pricing and the health care priorities Democrats hope drug...