House passes Pelosi drug pricing bill on party-line vote
House Democrats on Thursday fell in line behind Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) drug pricing bill, voting for its passage 230-192, with two Republicans voting for it. The bill is not likely to be taken up in the Senate, and was derided by House Republicans as being too partisan and putting the development of many new treatments at risk.
President Donald Trump, who praised the Pelosi effort when it was first released, later turned against the bill, further ensuring its defeat.
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