De­moc­rats se­cure sup­port from key sen­a­tor ahead of po­ten­tial drug pric­ing vote

Sen­ate De­moc­rats may have all the votes they need to pass ma­jor drug pric­ing re­form, af­ter Sen. Kyrsten Sine­ma (D-AZ) re­port­ed­ly pledged her sup­port on Thurs­day — but will they fit it in be­fore re­cess?

Sine­ma said she has agreed to “move for­ward” with the rec­on­cil­i­a­tion bill with some stip­u­la­tions, in­clud­ing the re­moval of a car­ried tax pro­vi­sion, ac­cord­ing to re­cent re­ports. The bill is still ex­pect­ed to re­duce the deficit by $300 bil­lion, and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said that he now an­tic­i­pates “sup­port from the en­tire Sen­ate De­mo­c­ra­t­ic con­fer­ence,” the Wash­ing­ton Post re­port­ed. 

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