10/28/2019

Senators Balk at Trump-backed Drug Pricing Bill

The bipartisan measure would lower drug prices

Vulnerable GOP senators up for reelection next year are giving the cold shoulder to a bipartisan bill aimed at lowering drug prices.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is pushing for passage of his measure with Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to lower drug prices, something seen as a rare area for possible bipartisan agreement this year.

Grassley is explicitly and publicly making the case to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) that his bill would help vulnerable Republicans. However, many of those incumbents have declined to support the Grassley-Wyden bill.

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