McConnell Throws Cold Water On Senate Drug Pricing Bill

By John Wilkerson / February 11, 2020 at 5:04 PM
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) threw cold water on the chances of the Senate agreeing on drug pricing legislation hours after Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said he is gathering GOP support for his bill (S. 2543) , and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) insisted that senators also get a chance to vote on House Democrats’ Medicare drug price negotiation plan if the Senate takes up drug pricing legislation. “We have internal divisions within my party in the Senate...

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